A conflict of interest can arise when a lawyer represented you before. Since the lawyer only represented someone who in essence was a stranger to you, there is no conflict.
Even if the lawyer wanted to represent a new husband of the ex-wife in another divorce, that might be allowed. The restriction is only to the extent that the prior representation gives the lawyer an unfair advantage in the new representation.
Answered on Mar 09th, 2013 at 12:14 PM