Is there any conflict of interest between counsel and client?

Fourth, concerning possible pressures arising during review of two DCLS counsel's work after a case is closed, disinclination to pursue a costly appeal, or reluctance to charge an opposing counsel with unethical conduct, the very language plaintiffs' brief on appeal uses in raising these points reveals their hypothetical nature. "[T]he attorney might be unwilling to take a certain litigation position ..."; " ... one can easily imagine a scenario where ..."; "A staff attorney might also be disinclined to pursue a costly appeal if...." Speculative contentions of conflict of interest cannot justify disqualification of counsel. (Kain v. Municipal Court (1982) 130 Cal.App.3d 499, 504, 181 Cal.Rptr. 751.)