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D.D.C. LCrR 44.4
Practice by Law Clerks and Court Employees
Law clerks, secretaries, and interns to judges of this Court, and all other persons employed in any
capacity by this Court, shall not engage in the practice of law while so employed. A law clerk or
secretary to a particular judge of this Court shall not, at any time after separating from that
position, engage in any activity as an attorney or advisor, nor permit his or her name to appear as
an attorney on any paper filed in this Court, in connection with any case that was pending on that
judge's docket during his or her term of service. Any other person employed in any capacity by
this Court shall not, for a period of two years after separating from that position, engage in any
activity as an attorney or advisor in connection with any case that was pending in this Court
during his or her term of service. Each former law clerk, secretary or other employee of this
Court, as well as persons employing or associating with them in the practice of law before this
Court, shall have the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of this Rule. Evidence of a
failure to comply with this Rule shall be referred to this Court's Committee on Grievances.
Provenance
- Source
- www.dcd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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