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276	36	D. Immunity Defenses	Attorney immunity: applies only to 'lawyerly work' in adversarial contexts (Taylor v. Tolbert); requires both type of conduct and existence of attorney-client relationship at the time (Youngkin v. Hines). Purchasing stolen property before having any client is neither within scope of representation nor 'uniquely lawyerly capacity' (Landry's). Solicitation to obtain clients necessarily precedes attorney-client relationship formation (Tanox v. Akin Gump). Judicial proceedings privilege: applies only to communications in 'due course of judicial proceeding' and only to libel/slander claims (Landry's). Pohl's claims arise from theft, not communications. Rule 17.09: Pohl's suit is predicated on conversion/misappropriation, not on Kassab's grievance filings. The subsequent use of stolen property to file grievances does not trigger 17.09 protection.