{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4011","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-4011","heading":"Governmental entity as party.","body":"(a)\nThe disqualification of § 16-4009(a) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party that is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.\n\n(b)\nAfter a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which the collaborative lawyer is associated may represent a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if:\n(1)\nThe collaborative law participation agreement so provides; and\n(2)\nThe 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.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 40. Collaborative Law; Uniform Act."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-4011","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"14228eca45ee744bff58d3d227c29be60c2ead11b403cb4af811d948b79a6df7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4010","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-4012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}