A lawyer who has a private practice and represented a client in a high-profile case has now been hired by the local district attorney’s office, which is prosecuting that case. Should the district attorney’s office recuse itself?
If the person was the district attorney and had represented someone, then the district attorney must recuse himself or herself and ask the attorney general to come in. Screening the district attorney from clients he or she represented is not permissible. If the district attorney is unable to handle the case, then no one in the office can. There is clear case law on that point.
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