Rule 1:15-4. Limitations Extended to Partners, etc.; Municipal Court Judges; Municipal Prosecutors

(a) General Application Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), whenever R. 1:15 imposes limitations on the practice of law by an attorney, such limitations shall also extend to the attorney's partners, employers, employees, office associates, shareholders in a professional corporation or members in a limited liability entity in which the attorney practices. The limitations imposed by R. 1:15 on attorneys shall not preclude assignments of partners, employers, employees, office associates or shareholders by a court for the representation of indigents.

(b) Municipal Court Judges As applied to partners, employers, employees, office associates, shareholders, and members, the limitations imposed on the practice of law by judges of municipal courts by R. 1:15-1(b) shall extend only to the county in which the court of the judge or acting judge is located. Except for full-time municipal court judges and all judges appointed to the municipal court of the City of Atlantic City, this rule shall not apply to the two-year post-employment restrictions on casino industry related activities referred to in N.J.S.A. 52:13D-17.2(c) and imposed on municipal court judges by R. 1:15-1(b).

(c) Municipal Prosecutors As applied to partners, employers, employees, office associates, shareholders, and members, the limitations imposed on the practice of law by municipal prosecutors by R. 1:15-3(b) shall extend only to matters that have occurred in the municipality in which the prosecutor serves and any matters that involve law enforcement personnel or other material witnesses from that municipality.