Does attorney-client privilege apply to communications in the professional employment that are intended to be confidential?

The attorney-client privilege applies to communications in the course of professional employment that are intended to be confidential. [Citations.] Under the Evidence Code, a client holds a privilege to prevent the disclosure of confidential communications between client and lawyer. (Evid. Code, 954.) (Roberts v. City of Palmdale , supra , 5 Cal.4th at p. 371, 20 Cal.Rptr.2d 330, 853 P.2d 496.) [C]onfidential communication between client and lawyer means information transmitted between a client and his or her lawyer in the course of that relationship and in confidence by a means which, so far as the client is aware, discloses the information to no third persons other than those who are present to further the interest of the client in the consultation or those to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the transmission of the information or the accomplishment of the purpose for which the lawyer is consulted, and includes a legal opinion formed and the advice given by the lawyer in the course of that relationship. (Evid. Code, 952.)