930114 | Office of Legal Ethics Counsel & Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri

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Informal Opinion Number: 930114

Rules: 1.11

Client-Lawyer Relationship

Successive Government and Private Employment

QUESTION: Attorney is employed as an assistant prosecutor. Attorney plans to leave the prosecutor´s office and join a private firm which has one or more cases with that prosecutor´s office. Is this acceptable? ANSWER: Yes, Rule 1.11 allows for screening of the former government attorney. Be sure to carefully study and follow the requirements of that rule.

Informal Opinions are ethics advisory opinions issued by the Office of Legal Ethics Counsel to members of the Bar about Rule 4 (Rules of Professional Conduct), Rule 5 (Complaints and Proceedings Thereon), and Rule 6 (Fees to Practice Law) pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 5.30(c). Written summaries of select Informal Opinions are published for informational purposes as determined by the Advisory Committee of the Supreme Court of Missouri pursuant to Rule 5.30(c). Informal opinion summaries are advisory in nature and are not binding. These opinions are published as an educational service and do not constitute legal advice.

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