(a) While lawyers are
associated in a firm, none of them shall
knowingly represent a client when any
one of them practicing alone would be
prohibited from doing so by Rules 1.7 or
1.9, unless the prohibition is based on
a personal interest of the prohibited
lawyer and does not present a
significant risk of materially limiting
the representation of the client by the
remaining lawyers in the firm.
(b) When a lawyer has
terminated an association with a firm,
the firm is not prohibited from
thereafter representing a person with
interests materially adverse to those of
a client represented by the formerly
associated lawyer and not currently
represented by the firm, unless:
(1) the matter is
the same or substantially related to
that in which the formerly
associated lawyer represented the
client; and
(2) any lawyer
remaining in the firm has
information protected by Rules 1.6
and 1.9(c) that is material to the
matter.
(c) A
disqualification prescribed by this rule
may be waived by the affected client
under the conditions stated in Rule 1.7.
(d) The
disqualification of lawyers associated
in a firm with former or current
government lawyers is governed by Rule
1.11.
