District Of Columbia § 16-4010 - Low-income parties.
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§ 16-4010. Low-income parties.
16-4010The disqualification of applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without fee.
After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified under is associated may represent a party without fee in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if:
The party has an annual income that qualifies the party for free legal representation under the criteria established by the law firm for free legal representation;
The collaborative law participation agreement so provides; and
The collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter through procedures within the law firm that are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation.
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