How do lawyers handle lying clients?

Since pretty much all clients are lying clients, the lawyer handles them by not being terribly surprised when they lie, although you tell them that they have to tell you the truth and especially to tell the truth to the court or the jury. read more

Lawyers are suspicious if they catch their clients in a lie. Certainly, there are clients who lie to their lawyers. If we catch them in a lie, depending on the lie, we often need to withdraw from the case. This is especially so if we are concerned the client will lie on the stand. I am sure there are lawyers who encourage their clients to lie. read more

The reason that most lawyers I know lose sleep is that there is only so much that is possible to do for their clients, and it is often impossible to fully get the clients out of the scrapes that they got themselves into. read more