The consultation shall include explanation of the implications of the adverse representation and the advantages and risks involved. The consultation shall include explanation of the implications of the representation and the advantage and risks involved. Comment Loyalty to a Client.
Loyalty is an essential element in the lawyer's relationship to a client.
An impermissible conflict of interest may exist before representation is undertaken, in which event the representation should be declined. If such a conflict arises after representation has been undertaken, the lawyer should withdraw from the representation. See Rule 1.16 . Where more than one client is involved and the lawyer withdraws because a conflict arises after representation, whether the lawyer may continue to represent any of the clients is determined by Rule 1.9 . As to whether a client-lawyer relationship exists or, having once been established, is continuing, see Comment to Rule 1.3 and Scope.