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| A lawyer representing a defendant in an automobile accident case learns that a partner prosecuted the client while an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney. The former Commonwealth's Attorney has not and will not be involved in the civil case. Given the appearance of impropriety, the law firm must withdraw from representing the defendant in the civil case, even if the client consents. [Rule 1.11 allows a law firm to avoid disqualification in certain circumstances if it screens the former government lawyer.] |