{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-608.55","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 1-608.55","heading":"Supervision of attorneys.","body":"(a)\nAttorneys 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.\n\n(a-1)\nAttorneys employed by subordinate agencies shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the head of the subordinate agency.\n\n(a-2)\nAttorneys employed by the Council:\n(1)\nIf employed in the office of a Councilmember, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Councilmember;\n(2)\nIf 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\n(3)\nIf employed in the office of a Council Officer, shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the Council Officer.\n\n(b)\nAttorneys 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.\n\n(c)\nAttorneys employed by independent agencies shall act under the direction, supervision, and control of the respective agency heads.\n\n(d)\nThe 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.","path":["Title 1. Government Organization.","Chapter 6. Merit Personnel System.","Subchapter VIII-B. Government Attorneys.","Part A. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/1-608.55","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ce7e0c3838a6009dc4899992249e0244af571ac59f50a4b162b97e49326e06af","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-608.54","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-1-608.56"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}