[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 17, Volume 2] [Revised as of April 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 17CFR205.4] [Page 228] TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES CHAPTER II--SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PART 205--STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR ATTORNEYS APPEARING AND PRACTICING BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN THE REPRESENTATION OF AN ISSUER--Table of Contents Sec. 205.4 Responsibilities of supervisory attorneys. (a) An attorney supervising or directing another attorney who is appearing and practicing before the Commission in the representation of an issuer is a supervisory attorney. An issuer's chief legal officer (or the equivalent thereof) is a supervisory attorney under this section. (b) A supervisory attorney shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that a subordinate attorney, as defined in Sec. 205.5(a), that he or she supervises or directs conforms to this part. To the extent a subordinate attorney appears and practices before the Commission in the representation of an issuer, that subordinate attorney's supervisory attorneys also appear and practice before the Commission. (c) A supervisory attorney is responsible for complying with the reporting requirements in Sec. 205.3 when a subordinate attorney has reported to the supervisory attorney evidence of a material violation. (d) A supervisory attorney who has received a report of evidence of a material violation from a subordinate attorney under Sec. 205.3 may report such evidence to the issuer's qualified legal compliance committee if the issuer has duly formed such a committee.