The opinion requires a lawyer to fully disclose the identity of his or her client and to obtain the former employee's consent before initiating the interview. The attorney-client relationship affords a distinct, invaluable right to have communications protected from compelled disclosure to any third party.Communications with former employees of client. Georgia Bar rules generally prohibit an attorney from contacting a represented party, whether the adversary is an individual or a company. Because this issue had not been addressed in the courts below, the Upjohn. Attorney-Client Privilege and the. The Georgia attorney-client privilege laws are rules that ensure the confidentiality of communications between clients and their attorneys. Communications with former employees of client. In Upjohn, the Supreme Court did not fully outline how the attorneyclient privilege applies to communications with former employees. Where inhouse counsel acts as a business person or a lobbyist, for example, privilege will not lie.