{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-651","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-651","heading":"Governmental entity as party.","body":"(a)\tThe disqualification under G.S. 1-649(a) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party that is a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.\n(b)\tAfter 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 all of the following apply:\n(1)\tThe collaborative law participation agreement so provides.\n(2)\tThe 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 which are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation. (2020-65, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 1. Civil Procedure.","SUBCHAPTER XV. INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS.","Article 53. Uniform Collaborative Law Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_1/GS_1-651.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:12Z","sha256":"53c14db27fefce50dfc191b16a538169ca50945b9adcce8d977674706b2736df","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-650","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-1-652"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}