Office of Professional Responsibility

This article is about the Department of Justice unit investigating misconduct. For the Offices of Professional Responsibility of other U.S. federal agencies, see Office of Professional Responsibility (disambiguation).

Office of Professional Responsibility
Seal of the DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility
Office overview
FormedDecember 8, 1975 (1975-12-08)
JurisdictionDepartment of Justice
HeadquartersRobert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C., United States
38°53′35.52″N 77°1′30″W / 38.8932000°N 77.02500°W / 38.8932000; -77.02500
Office executive
  • Unknown, Director and Chief Counsel
Parent departmentDepartment of Justice
Websitejustice.gov/opr

The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), part of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and supervised by the FBI, is responsible for investigating lawyers employed by the DOJ who have been accused of misconduct or crime in the exercise of their professional functions.

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