[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR727.10]

[Page 284-285]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 727_LEGAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 727.10  Fees, compensation, solicitation, and representation in 
civilian courts.

    (a) General. Active duty military personnel and civilian employees 
of the Navy and Marine Corps are prohibited from accepting or receiving, 
directly or

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indirectly, any fee or compensation of any nature, in cash or otherwise, 
for legal services rendered to any person entitled to legal assistance 
under this part whether or not the service rendered is normally provided 
or available to such person under this part and whether or not the 
service is rendered during duty hours as part of official duties. 
Reserve judge advocates on inactive duty are prohibited from accepting 
or receiving any fee or compensation of any nature, in cash or 
otherwise, for legal services rendered to any person entitled to legal 
assistance under this part with respect to matters about which they 
consulted or advised said person in an official capacity.
    (b) Solicitation. Active duty military personnel, civilian employees 
of the Navy and Marine Corps, and inactive reservists, acting in an 
official capacity, are prohibited from soliciting, or advising that any 
person entitled to legal assistance under this part retain, consult, or 
seek legal services from themselves in their private capacities, or from 
any attorney who is a partner or associate of a law firm of which they 
are partners or associates, or from any attorney with whom they share 
office spaces; Provided that nothing herein shall prevent such person 
from being referred to civilian counsel as provided in Sec. 727.9.
    (c) Representation before civilian courts or agencies. No active 
duty Navy or Marine Corps judge advocate may appear as counsel on behalf 
of any person entitled to legal assistance, except as provided in 
paragraph (a)(3) of Sec. 727.6, or the Expanded Legal Assistance 
Program, or under guidelines prescribed in the Manual of the Judge 
Advocate General, before any civil court, civil administrative tribunal, 
civil regulatory body, or civil governmental agency, in any proceeding, 
whether or not a fee or other compensation is accepted or received, 
without prior written approval of the Judge Advocate General, the 
administrator of the applicable program, or the Commander, Naval Legal 
Service Command, as appropriate. Requests for such permission may be in 
the form prescribed in the Manual of the Judge Advocate General.

[47 FR 41561, Sept. 21, 1982, as amended at 65 FR 26749, May 9, 2000]