Supreme Court Rules

First Adopted: December 17, 1991

Most Recently Effective: January 01, 2025

Rules of Civil Procedure | Rules Relating to All Appellate Courts |

82.05 | Restrictions on Legal Personnel After Employment by a Court

A person who has been employed as a lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant by this Court or the court of appeals shall not perform any legal work in any case that was pending before the court during the tenure of the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant with the court. If such lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant is employed by or associated with a law firm that is employed to represent a party in a case that was pending in the court at the time the lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant was employed with the court, the law firm and the former lawyer, law clerk, research attorney, or legal assistant shall comply with Rule 4-1.11(a).

Comment

See also Rules 4-1.11 and 4-1.12 of Supreme Court Rule 4.


(Adopted December 17, 1991, effective July 1, 1992. Amended September 22, 1992, effective July 1, 1993; amended June 4, 2024, effective January 1, 2025.)
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