{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1831.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 2-1831.05","heading":"Powers and duties of the Chief Administrative Law Judge.","body":"(a)\nThe Chief Administrative Law Judge shall:\n(1)\nSupervise the Office of Administrative Hearings;\n(2)\nOversee and administer assignment of Administrative Law Judges to preside over adjudicated cases heard by the Office;\n(3)\nTo the extent he or she deems appropriate, establish internal classifications for case assignment and management on the basis of subject matter, expertise, case complexity, and other appropriate criteria;\n(4)\nEstablish standard and specialized training programs for Administrative Law Judges;\n(5)\nAppoint, in accordance with applicable law and available funding, promote, discipline, and remove staff employed by the Office, other than Administrative Law Judges;\n(6)\nProvide for, or require completion of, continuing education programs for Administrative Law Judges and other employees of the Office deemed to be necessary or desirable;\n(7)\nDevelop and implement rules of procedure and practice for cases before the Office (including rental housing cases within the jurisdiction of the Office) and approve the use of forms and documents that will assist in managing cases coming before the Office;\n(8)\nMonitor and supervise the quality of administrative adjudication;\n(9)\nDevelop and implement a code of professional responsibility for Administrative Law Judges;\n(10)\nDevelop and implement annual performance standards for the management and disposition of cases assigned to Administrative Law Judges, which shall take account of subject matter and case complexity;\n(11)\nApply a pay scale and retention allowances equivalent to those that are available to Legal Service and Senior Executive Attorney Service attorneys in a manner designed to attract highly capable public and private sector attorneys to become Administrative Law Judges in the Office; provided, that Administrative Law Judges shall receive a minimum annual compensation at that point on the ES-10 pay scale that is equivalent to the mid-point of the LX-2 pay scale;\n(12)\nIssue and transmit to the Mayor and the Council, not later than 90 days after the close of the first complete fiscal year of the Office’s operation and each fiscal year thereafter, an annual report on the operations of the Office. The annual report shall include performance evaluations and case statistics for each Administrative Law Judge from the filing of a case to disposition.\n\n(b)\nThe Chief Administrative Law Judge may:\n(1)\nServe as an Administrative Law Judge in any case;\n(2)\nFurnish Administrative Law Judges on a reimbursable basis to District of Columbia or other government entities not covered by this chapter;\n(3)\nAccept and expend funds, grants, bequests, and gifts on behalf of the Office, and accept the donation of services that are related to the purpose of the Office unless such a donation would create a conflict of interest in violation of applicable law;\n(4)\nEnter into agreements and contracts under law with any public or private entities or educational institutions;\n(5)\nDevelop and maintain a program for student interns and law clerks to work in the Office;\n(6)\nRecommend to COST the proposal and promulgation of rules regulating the appointment, reappointment, discipline, and removal of Administrative Law Judges;\n(7)\nAdopt, in accordance with § 2-505, rules that are necessary or desirable to facilitate implementation of this chapter, other than rules regulating the appointment, reappointment, discipline, and removal of Administrative Law Judges promulgated pursuant to § 2-1831.11;\n(8)\nAssess reasonable filing, copying, and other fees, and adopt rules for waiving or reducing fees for parties who, after careful review, are determined by the Office to be incapable of paying full fees; provided, that filing fees permitted under this subsection shall not be charged to the District of Columbia government or the United States;\n(9)\nCollect and retain revenues paid in connection with any adjudicated case, shall be deposited into the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia;\n(10)\nRetain outside counsel, other than the Attorney General, to represent the Office or any employee of the Office in his or her official capacity in actual or anticipated litigation;\n(11)\nImplement a program for ongoing quality assurance and performance review; provided, that no such review shall require that an outcome in any case be altered;\n(12)\nIssue and implement procedures, practices, and guidelines relating to the operations or responsibilities of the Office; and\n(13)\nExercise any other lawful authority to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.","path":["Title 2. Government Administration.","Chapter 18A. Office of Administrative Hearings."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-1831.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"11e57d1809537f7c2d28551e332a5699d367ccd86d1af71335e5d309b9b0dc1e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1831.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-2-1831.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}