Q: Dear Ethics Lawyer, I have an opportunity to land a new corporate client that is very active in a number of practice areas (acquisitions, regulatory issues, litigation, etc.). This would be a game-changer for me and for our firm, generating millions and keeping many people busy.

Unfortunately, when I ran a conflict check, it appears that our firm is adverse to the prospective new client in a relatively small litigation matter for an existing client. The existing client has never generated more than $25,000 per year in revenue for the firm. Assuming the existing client would not be prejudiced by a change of counsel, can we simply help find that client new counsel, arrange an orderly transition at our expense, withdraw from the existing relationship to avoid a current client conflict, and then proceed to represent the new client on unrelated new matters?