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| A law firm wants to hire a local government attorney with whom the firm is working on behalf of the local government entity. It would be a per se ethical violation for the former government attorney to personally participate in matters on which the lawyer worked while a public employee, "although adverse representation is not involved." However, because Canon 9 has no imputed disqualification rule, the firm may continue to represent the entity as long as the new lawyer is not personally involved. If a former government lawyer intends to be adverse to a former client, the lawyer's personal disqualification would result in the firm's imputed disqualification under DR 5-105(E). [Rule 1.11 allows a law firm to avoid disqualification in certain circumstances if it screens the former government lawyer.] |