Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I am a lawyer with a small firm. Recently, one of our partners (Betty) left the firm to join another firm, and Betty took with her a significant client that she had brought to the firm. She took all the client files (paper and electronic) and also took with her the only associate who had worked on any of that client’s matters. Now, a month later, a dispute has erupted between one of my clients and Betty’s client, and they want me to represent them in a suit against Betty’s client. I am worried that Betty’s client was also a client of our firm only a month ago. Does this create a conflict issue for us either under the former client rule 1.9, or the imputation of conflicts rule 1.10?