                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOW-INCOME PARTIES; EXCEPTION FROM IMPUTED DISQUALIFICATION (§ 20-176)

A. The disqualification provisions of &#xA7; 20-175 apply to a collaborative
lawyer representing a party with or without fee.

B. After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm
with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified pursuant to § 20-175 is
associated may represent a party without fee in the collaborative matter or a
matter related to such collaborative matter if:

   1. 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;

   2. The collaborative law participation agreement so provides for such
   subsequent representation; and

   3. 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.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 346.