January 8, 2009 Meeting

At our January 8th meeting we will feature a program entitled, “Seeking Employment and Post-employment Obligations for Government Attorneys Entering the Private Sector.”  Our speakers, Peggy Love, Deputy Ethics Official, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and Stephen J. Csontos, Attorney at Law, formerly of the Justice Department’s Tax Division will treat us to a revised version of a very popular session that they presented at the 2008 Ethics Conference in Orlando.  Federal Government attorneys entering the private sector need to adhere to more than one set of seeking employment and post-employment rules.  Indeed, they may find that the grass is not greener on the other side if they do not avoid the pitfalls that leaving Federal service can pose.  The presenters will provide an overview of the rules on seeking employment, post-employment, confidentiality and sharing fees.  They will compare these rules under the Standards of Ethical Conduct, the Federal post-employment criminal statute, the ABA Model Rules and the DC Bar Rules, pointing out where the bar rules, statutes and regulations differ.  This session will alert attendees to issue Federal attorneys face in employment transition. As usual, we will meet from 12:15-1:30 in the OTS auditorium.  Individuals who are on the IEC roster need not pre-register for this meeting.  Ethics officials who are not on our roster but who wish to attend this meeting can pre-register by contacting Patrick.Carney@fcc.gov not later than Monday, January 5th.  Those who are neither on the IEC roster nor pre-registered can still be admitted by showing a Government ID to OTS Security personnel.