The attorneyclient privilege shields from disclosure any confidential communications between an attorney and his or her client. This publication is not intended to provide legal advice but to provide general information on legal matters.Attorneyclient privilege simply means that communications between these parties are entitled to secrecy, with only a few notable exceptions. First, client consultants are within privilege if they are deemed essential to allow communication between the attorney and the client. More than six years ago, in July 2003, I published an article in NYPRR entitled The Attorney-Client Privilege and Public Relations Firms. The Court held that a nonlawyer consultant acted as a "lawyer's representative" and documents at issue were privileged. To determine whether communication between a lawyer and a client is privileged, most courts employ a "primary purpose test. See discussion infra. See discussion infra. Berg-Franklin conversation?