Interesting point about hiring manager (at new firm) providing new employee with attorney access to advise them on how to resign and conduct themselves post-resignation. As the article then goes on to state, albeit buried, there is massive client/attorney privilege issues here - the client is the new employer and I'd be concerned about what got fed back to the client from the employee's discussions. If you need one,…
This is important. You shouldn't trust a lawyer someone ELSE is paying.
It's not really a trust thing, it's just the fact that unless you are their client lawyers basically don't have any duty to look out for you, but they certainly do have a duty to act in the best interests of their client. Your interests and those of your previous/future employer probably don't completely align.