[Title 28 CFR 0.129]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2009 Edition]
[Title 28 - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION]
[Chapter I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 0 - ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Subpart V 2 - Professional Responsibility Advisory Office]
[Sec. 0.129 - Professional Responsibility Advisory Office.]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


28JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION12009-07-012009-07-01false0.129Sec. 0.129JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEProfessional Responsibility Advisory Office
Sec. 0.129  Professional Responsibility Advisory Office.

    (a) The Professional Responsibility Advisory Office is headed by a 
Director appointed by the Deputy Attorney General. The Director shall be 
responsible to, and report directly to, the Deputy Attorney General and 
shall be a member of the Senior Executive Service.
    (b) The Professional Responsibility Advisory Office shall:
    (1) Advise Department of Justice attorneys on specific questions 
involving professional responsibility, including compliance with 28 
U.S.C. 530b (``Section 530B''), which requires certain federal attorneys 
to comply with state rules of ethics.
    (2) Assist or support training and informational programs for 
Department attorneys and client agencies concerning Section 530B and 
other professional responsibility requirements, including disseminating 
relevant and timely information.
    (3) Assemble, centralize and maintain ethics reference materials, 
including the codes of ethics of the District of Columbia and every 
state and territory, and any relevant interpretations thereof.
    (4) Coordinate with the relevant litigating components of the 
Department to defend attorneys in any disciplinary or other proceeding 
where it is alleged that they failed to meet their ethical obligations, 
provided that the attorney made a good-faith effort to ascertain the 
ethics requirements and made a good-faith effort to comply with those 
requirements.
    (5) Serve as a liaison with the state and federal bar associations 
in matters relating to the implementation and interpretation of Section 
530B, and amendments and revisions to the various state ethics codes.
    (6) Perform such other duties and assignments as deemed necessary 
from time to time by the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney 
General.
    (c) Nothing in this subpart shall be construed as affecting the 
functions or overriding the authority of the Office of Legal Counsel as 
established by 28 CFR 0.25.