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A Collaborative attorney must withdraw from the representation in the event he or she learns that his or her client has withheld or misrepresented information that should properly be shared as part of the Collaborative Process and continues to withhold or misrepresent such information, or otherwise acts so as to undermine or take unfair advantage of the Collaborative Process, or in the event that either party initiates contested litigation.
In such a case, the Collaborative attorney is authorized to disclose communications made during the Collaborative Process to any successor attorney, if so requested by the party.
We understand that a Collaborative attorney will withdraw from representing his or her Client as soon as possible upon learning that the Client has withheld or misrepresented information or otherwise acted so as to undermine or take unfair advantage of the Collaborative Law Process.
Either Collaborative attorney may withdraw by giving prompt written notice to their Client and to any other participants.
An attorney individual consultant with whom a Client consults during the Collaborative Law Process is considered to be an adjunct Collaborative attorney subject to the disqualification provisions of this Agreement.
Either Client may discharge the Collaborative attorney at any time and the Collaborative attorney will give prompt written notice of such discharge to all participants.
The Clients understand that each Collaborative attorney, and any member of their firm, is disqualified from representing either Client in any adversarial proceeding related to the collaborative matter(s) listed above, except to protect their Client in an emergency until successor counsel is available.
Upon either the withdrawal or discharge of a Collaborative attorney, the Collaborative Law Process will terminate, except as described in Section VI below.
Each Collaborative attorney will provide information to the Client as the attorney deems appropriate under the circumstances, always mindful of the attorney’s ethical obligation that the Client receives sufficient information to provide informed consent to any agreements to be entered into through the Collaborative Law Process.
No legal duty, by contract or otherwise, is owed to either Client by the other’s Collaborative attorney.