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In Texas, Taylor v. Tolbert, exception to immunity for lawyer engaged in conduct criminalized by statute The common-law attorney immunity defense applies if an attorney is not lawyerly work or is foreign to the duties of a lawyer or falls outside the scope of client representation
It is not uncommon for an attorney to execute all or part of his or her client’s wishes, which may be in breach of a fiduciary duty owed by the client to a third party. The third party...
In Texas, Taylor v. Tolbert, exception to immunity for lawyer engaged in conduct criminalized by statute The common-law attorney immunity defense applies if an attorney is not lawyerly work or is foreign to the duties of a lawyer or falls outside the scope of client representation