Loyalty to a Client. Please fill out all the fields, print the form, and bring it with you to your consultation or mail it to us.A person who discusses with a lawyer the possibility of forming a client-lawyer relationship with respect to a matter is a prospective client. The attorneyclient relationship is a professional alliance built on mutual trust, open communication, and legal expertise. A concurrent conflict of interest exists if: (1) the representation of one client will be directly adverse to another client; or (2) there is significant risk. Although no attorney-client relationship arises, the answering lawyer may not be adverse to the inquiring lawyer's client without the client's consent. A. How the Professional Relationship Is Created. Rule. 4.2 ("concerns regarding the need to protect uncounseled persons against the wiles of opposing counsel and preserving the attorney-client relationship"). An implied attorney-client relationship can be created even though the client never signed a fee agreement. Before 2002, there was no model rule in the American Bar.