Section 649-102-4 - LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP1. General Duties of Defense CounselA. Defense counsel must be alert to all potential and actual conflicts of interest that would impair defense counsel's ability to represent a client.B. Upon receiving notice of an assignment, counsel should contact the client to schedule an initial meeting and should maintain regular contact with the client thereafter. Counsel should initiate contact with the client by telephone or by mail as soon as practicable and in any event within at least 7 days of being notified of the assignment. If a client is in custody, counsel should meet and interview the client within at least 7 days of being notified of the assignment. If the client is not in custody, counsel should meet with the client prior to the deadline for filing initial motions. Counsel should endeavor to establish a relationship of trust and open communication with the client and should diligently advocate the client's position within the bounds of the law and the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct.C. Defense counsel should take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that confidential communications between defense counsel and the client are conducted in privacy. This may include making efforts to request that the court and other officials make reasonable accommodations for private discussions between defense counsel and clients in courthouses, lockups, jails, prisons, detention centers, and other places where a client must confer with defense counsel.94- 649 C.M.R. ch. 102, § 4