question. amateurs non-lawyers who have to play one on tv heard donald trump jr. apparently give a father/son attorney/client privilege because an attorney was in the room? i have an attorney on my side who is a lawyer. does that mean everything that happens in my does this mean now everything that happens in my meeting is now under the umbrella of attorney/client privilege? i m rusty but a former appellate chief and did a lot of looking at attorney lsh sli/cli privilege. been to law school, teach at a law school. only covers conversations between an attorney and his client on the topic that involves the representation, and if there s a third person in the room, that they waives the attorney/client privilege? no matter who the person is? unless a spouse. that s the spousal communication issue, but the whole reason we have an attorney lsh clie/clien