(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws and rules, and local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in each State where such attorney engages in that attorney’s duties, to the same extent and in the same manner as other attorneys in that State.
(b) The Attorney General shall make and amend rules of the Department of Justice to assure compliance with this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term “attorney for the Government” includes any attorney described in section 77.2(a) of part 77 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations and also includes any independent counsel, or employee of such a counsel, appointed under chapter 40.
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Title 28— JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART II— DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER 31— THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
§ 504. Deputy Attorney General
§ 504a. Associate Attorney General
§ 506. Assistant Attorneys General
§ 507. Assistant Attorney General for Administration
§ 507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security
§ 509. Functions of the Attorney General
§ 509A. National Security Division
§ 509B. Section to enforce human rights laws
§ 510. Delegation of authority
§ 511. Attorney General to advise the President
§ 512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments
§ 513. Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments
§ 514. Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies
§ 515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys
§ 516. Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice
§ 517. Interests of United States in pending suits
§ 518. Conduct and argument of cases
§ 519. Supervision of litigation
§ 521. Publication and distribution of opinions
§ 522. Report of business and statistics
§ 524. Availability of appropriations
§ 525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange
§ 527. Establishment of working capital fund
§ 528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice
§ 529. Annual report of Attorney General
§ 530. Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents
§ 530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government