From the client’s perspective, a lawyer owes a duty of loyalty to his/her client. “Loyalty is an essential element in the lawyer’s relationship to a client.” W. Va. Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.7 cmt. Loyalty to a Client. In addition, as we noted in the preceding section of this opinion, a lawyer is expected to deal with his/her clients fairly, honestly, and with integrity. See, e.g., W. Va. Standards of Professional Conduct, Preamble; In re Brown, 166 W.Va. at 232, 273 S.E.2d at 570. Implicit in such dealings is the sense that, because of a lawyer’s various professional responsibilities, there exists a relationship of trust between an attorney and his/her client. See, e.g., Kopelman & Assocs., L.C. v. Collins, 196 W.Va. 489, 496 n. 7, 473 S.E.2d 910, 917 n. 7 (1996) (<HOLDING>). See also Lawyer Disciplinary Bd. v. Friend,
holding that when an attorney represents multiple clients and a dispute between the attorney and one client later occurs there is a waiver of the privilege but only by the client asserting the liability recognizing special trust and confidence that must exist between attorney and client citations omitted holding that ambiguous agreement between attorney and client must be construed in the clients favor holding that the governments position must have a reasonable basis in both law and fact citations omitted holding that there are many transactions between attorney and client that have no element of confidence in them of which  the attorney is competent to testify