The District of Columbia Bar Legal Ethics Committee has issued an opinion on the duties owed to clients and the profession when an impaired lawyer leaves a law firm or government agency, particularly when the lawyer may continue to practice law, regardless of whether clients are, or may be, terminating their relationship with the firm in order to remain clients of the departing lawyer.
You can go here to read the full text of Ethics Opinion 377: Duties When a Lawyer is Impaired.
UPDATE 10/31/19: Over at The Law for Lawyers Today, Karen Rubin provides a detailed review of the opinion.
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