L.J. v. J.B

In L.J. v. J.B., 150 N.J. Super. 373, 378, 375 A.2d 1202 (App.Div.1975), the court found that communications to a case supervisor for a county welfare board were not protected by the attorney-client privilege. The court stated that the "plaintiff had not consulted the supervisor as an agent of an already retained attorney or with the purpose of retaining his principal, as an attorney." Id. at 378, 375 A.2d 1202. In Rawlings v. Police Dep't of Jersey City, 133 N.J. 182, 627 A.2d 602 (1993), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that a police officer's communication to his union representative was not protected by the attorney-client privilege. The court concluded that the union representative was not an attorney, and was not acting as a representative of an attorney. Furthermore, the court found that the officer did not communicate with the union representative in the belief that he was an agent for the lawyer who would handle the officer's case. Id. at 197, 627 A.2d 602.