Office of Professional Responsibility

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 Department of Justice who have been accused of misconduct or crime in the exercise of their professional functions.

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
Headquarters950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., U.S.
38°53′35.52″N 77°1′30″W
Office executive
  • Jeffrey R. Ragsdale, Director and Chief Counsel
Parent departmentDepartment of Justice
Websitewww.justice.gov/opr
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