Reading Room Document

Part-Time Government Official's Receipt of Compensation for Representational Work Before the Government

As a special government employee, part-time Commissioner of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission is barred by 18 U.S.C. § 203 from representing anyone before a component of the Justice Department for compensation. Part-time government official who is not a partner of his law firm may continue to receive compensation from his firm which is attributable to representational work before the Justice Department. Part-time government official's law firm may represent clients before any component of the Justice Department except the Commission. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/24456/download.

May 2, 1980