Rule 1.11. Special Conflicts of Interest for Former and Current Government Officers and Employees

Category: NH Rules of Professional Conduct Section: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

(a) Except as law may otherwise expressly permit, a lawyer who has formerly served as a public officer or employee of the government:

      (1) is subject to Rule 1.9(c); and

      (2) shall not otherwise represent a client in connection with a matter in which the lawyer participated personally and substantially as a public officer or employee, unless the appropriate government agency gives its informed consent, confirmed in writing, to the representation.

(b) When a lawyer is disqualified from representation under paragraph (a), no lawyer in a firm with which that lawyer is associated may knowingly undertake or continue representation in such a matter unless:

     (1) the disqualified lawyer is timely screened from any participation in the matter and is appo

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