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4-Witness-Advocate Rule
5-Lawyers Changing Jobs
45-Law Firms - Miscellaneous
A law firm that is the product of a merger may not represent one of its predecessors in a malpractice action when one of its partners will have to testify as a witness. [Under Rule 3.7(c), this disqualification is not imputed to the lawyer's firm unless there is an actual conflict of interest.]

Copyright 2000, Thomas E. Spahn