Section 6-B3618. ATTORNEY GOOD STANDING IN THE D.C. BAR REQUIREMENT

 

3618.1The provisions of this section shall be applicable to each attorney appointed to the Legal Service who is employed by the Office of the Attorney General, the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, or a subordinate agency and who is required to be a member of the District of Columbia Bar as a prerequisite of employment. This section is also applicable to an individual who is a member in good standing of the bar of another jurisdiction and who has filed a timely application for admission to the District of Columbia Bar.

 

3618.2An appointee to a Legal Service position shall remain a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar during his or her employment in the Legal Service. An appointee who is a member in good standing of the bar of another state or territory and who has filed an application with the D.C. Court of Appeals for admission to the District of Columbia Bar shall present a certificate of good standing to the Office of the Attorney General, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel, or the agency head, as applicable, upon notification of his or her admission to the District of Columbia Bar, within five (5) business days of such notification, and such admission shall occur within three hundred sixty (360) days of the appointee's initial employment as an attorney by the District government. The appointee shall thereafter remain a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar.

 

3618.3An appointee to a Legal Service position shall notify the Attorney General, the Director, or the agency head, as applicable  immediately of any sanction proposed by the D.C. Office of Bar Counsel, any hearing regarding any proposed disciplinary action, or any disciplinary action taken by the D.C. Court of Appeals against that attorney.

 

3618.4An appointee to a Legal Service position who is suspended from practice by the D.C. Court of Appeals shall not remain in an attorney position during the suspension period. The Attorney General, the Director, or the agency head may, at his or her discretion, request the re-assignment of such an appointee to a non-attorney position in the Office of the Attorney General or another agency.

 

3618.5An appointee to a Legal Service position shall not be compensated for services provided pursuant to the appointee's employment as an attorney unless such an individual is duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the law of the District of Columbia. This prohibition shall not apply to an appointee who is a member in good standing of the bar of another state or territory who has filed an application with the D.C. Court of Appeals for admission to the District of Columbia Bar and such admission has occurred within three hundred sixty (360) days of the appointee's initial employment as an attorney by the District government.

 

authority

Section 861 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, effective April 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-260; D.C. Official Code § 1-608.61 (2012 Repl.)), as amended by the Elected Attorney General Implementation and Legal Service Establishment Technical Emergency Amendment Act of 2014 (“Implementation Act”), enacted July 14, 2014 (D.C. Act 20-377; 61 DCR 7598 (August 1, 2014)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 4283 (May 26, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 12269 (December 21, 2007); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12182 (November 28, 2014).