CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure Before Trial/Hearing
......Conflicts of Interest
.........City Attorneys
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City attorney's office is not "law firm" for vicarious disqualification rule—"ethical screen" sufficient to protect confidentiality of A/C communications, and integrity of judicial process.

City Attorney and, vicariously, his entire office, properly disqualified from representing City where City Attorney previously represented company City was suing in matter substantially related to prior representation.