If the attorney finds out and has any ethics at all, he will quit and tell the client to go find another lawyer. The fact he quit representing the client will clue the judge in that there was a problem.
On the other hand, if the lawyer keeps the client, knowing he was lied to, he accepts full responsibility for passing those lies to the judge. If the judge comes down on him, the lawyer deserves it.
On the other, other hand, if the lawyer never finds out the client lied, and the judge never finds out, then nothing may happen. But in involved cases, the lies have a way of coming back to haunt you.What happens if someone lies to their attorney, and you go to court and the attorney gives the false informati
i don't think the attorney is responsible for the false information the client gave them.
I'm no lawyer, but my guess is they could be tried for perjury. But, I'm not sure.
As a general rule, attorneys do not testify. Attorneys put witnesses on the stand and elicit testimony from them.
Attorneys are not investigators, and are not expected to go check out everything. If something is patently out of whack, however, they should look into it...they have a duty to bring meritorious claims or contentions.
If an attorney is aware that his client INTENDS to lie, however, his obligation is a bit different. He must counsel his client not to do so, and warn the client that he will ask to be removed as counsel if the client perjures himself on the stand.
If the client then lies on the stand, the attorney will ask the court for permission to withdraw as counsel...he won't say why, but it's sort of a secret high sign ';He's lying, I told him not to, let me out of here.'; This covers the attorney from charges of misconduct...the judge may or may not grant the motion, though.
Rob is correct. The other answers are idiotic at best.
Yes it is true the client and lawyer would defiantly have charges brought against them, but is any issue worth that? I would suggest that if its you or if you know somebody who did lie that they come clean ASAP, especially if it was a criminal matter, would you really want to see an innocent person go to jail? Or if you know somebody who did and they don't want to confess that they lied, then i think you should.
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