Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Tennessee

Re: Phone Calls by plaintive

An attorney cannot speak directly with the opposing party or any other person, when the attorney knows the party is represented by an attorney in that particular matter. Furthermore, the attorney cannot direct his client to do something he himself cannot do. Therefore, if you were represented by an attorney and the other attorney knew it, he could not direct the plaintiff to contact you. Absent those circumstances the plaintiff is free to contact you directly. It is not a good idea. I counsel my clients not to have any direct contact with the other side once I have made contact. Everything which is said or done is probably admissable in court later in those types of contacts.