Code of the District of Columbia

§ 1–608.55. Supervision of attorneys.

(a) Attorneys employed by the Office of the Attorney General, wherever located in the District government, including Senior Executive attorneys, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Attorney General.

(a-1) Attorneys employed by subordinate agencies shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the head of the subordinate agency.

(a-2) Attorneys employed by the Council:

(1) If employed in the office of a Councilmember, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Councilmember;

(2) If employed in the office of a Committee of the Council, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Chair of the Committee; and

(3) If employed in the office of a Council Officer, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Council Officer.

(b) Attorneys employed by the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel shall be under the direction, supervision, and control of the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel.

(c) Attorneys employed by independent agencies shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the respective agency heads.

(d) The Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel may, with the consent of a subordinate agency director, assign an attorney employed by the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel to perform work primarily as or for the General Counsel of the affected subordinate agency, whether located at the agency or not, in the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel’s discretion.