Rule 1.10 - Imputation of Conflicts of Interest: General Rule(a) While LLPs are associated with other LLPs or lawyers 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 LLP and does not present a significant risk of materially limiting the representation of the client by the remaining LLPs and lawyers in the firm.(b) When an LLP 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 LLP and not currently represented by the firm, unless: (1) the matter is the same or substantially related to that in which the formerly associated LLP represented the client; and(2) any LLP or 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 LLPs associated in a firm with former or current government lawyers is governed by Rule 1.11.(e) When an LLP becomes associated with a firm, no LLP associated in the firm shall knowingly represent a person in a matter in which that LLP is disqualified under Rule 1.9 unless: (1) the matter is not one in which the personally disqualified LLP substantially participated;(2) the personally disqualified LLP is timely screened from any participation in the matter and is apportioned no part of the fee therefrom;(3) the personally disqualified LLP gives prompt written notice (which shall contain a general description of the personally disqualified LLP's prior representation and the screening procedures to be employed) to the affected former clients and the former clients' current LLPs or lawyers, if known to the personally disqualified LLP, to enable the former clients to ascertain compliance with the provisions of this Rule; and(4) the personally disqualified LLP and the partners of the firm with which the personally disqualified LLP is now associated reasonably believe that the steps taken to accomplish the screening of material information are likely to be effective in preventing material information from being disclosed to the firm and its client.(f) An LLP who has personally and substantially participated in a matter in a non-LLP capacity shall be screened from any personal participation in the same or substantially related matter when participating would be materially adverse to the interests of the client of the firm where the LLP previously worked in a non-LLP capacity.Colo. Lic. Paraprofe. R. Profe. Cond. 1.10
Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, April 13, 2023, effective 7/1/2023.