MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
May 22, 2024
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of the District of Columbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 203 of the Board of Ethics and
Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics Reform Amendment Act of
2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official Code § 1-1162.03), I am pleased to
nominate the following individual:
Mr. Darrin P. Sobin
26th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(Ward 2)
for reappointment as a member of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, for a term to
end July 1, 2030.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
Mayor
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at the request of the Mayor
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6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
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15 To confirm the reappointment of Darrin P. Sobin to the Board of Ethics and Government
16 Accountability.
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18 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that this
19 resolution may be cited as the "Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Darrin P. Sobin
20 Confirmation Resolution of 2024".
21 Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
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29 of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability Establishment and Comprehensive Ethics
30 Reform Amendment Act of 2011, effective April 27, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-124; D.C. Official
31 Code§ 1-1162.02), for a term to end July 1, 2030.
32 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
33 upon its adoption, to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
34 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
 DARRIN P. SOBIN
Member District of Columbia Bar and Maryland Bar
Admitted: United States Supreme Court; United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Legal D.C. BAR
Experience Chief Programs Officer for the D.C. Bar (105,000 member, mandatory bar) with
Jul. 2017- oversight of three departments: Regulation Counsel (Legal Ethics Committee, Attorney
Present Client Arbitration, Client Security Fund, Lawyer Assistance Program and Practice
Management), Continuing Legal Education Program, and Communities (formerly
Sections). Management responsibility for fifty employees and an annual budget of
9.25 million dollars (FY 2017-18’).
BOARD OF ETHICS AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Dec. 2012- Director of an Independent Agency of the District of Columbia Government. The Office
Jul. 2017 is responsible for providing ethics training, binding advice and enforcement with respect
to the District’s ethics laws as applied to District government employees and all elected
officials. The Office is also responsible for administering and enforcing Financial
Disclosure Filing by District employees, as well as oversight of all D.C. registered
lobbyists and lobbying activity.
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Dec. 2003 - Assistant Attorney General in the Legal Counsel Division handling Legal Ethics,
Dec. 2012 Government Ethics, Public Safety and a variety of other issues arising from District
of Columbia law and governance. Appointed as Government Ethics Counselor for the
District Government and its 34,000 employees in April 2012.
DOVE TAYLOR & SOBIN, P.C. VA
May 2002 – Partner in a Real Estate/Real Property and general practice firm. Practice
Dec. 2003 areas included legal ethics, contracts, subdivision approvals, zoning appeals, residential
sales, acquisition development loans, title disputes and effects, title insurance issues,
boundary disputes, roadway easements/rights of way.
BODE & GRENIER, LLP WASHINGTON, D.C.
Sept. 2000 - Litigation associate at a general litigation firm. Practice areas included legal ethics,
May 2002 commercial property, intellectual property (internet) law, international banking law and
transactions, energy law and Civil Rights (wrongful death) litigation.
HON. JUNE L. GREEN – U.S. DISTRICT COURT WASHINGTON, D.C.
1995-2000 Law Clerk to Judge June L. Green (deceased), United States District Court for the
District of Columbia. Select cases included tobacco litigation, SEC actions, Clean Water
Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and Sherman Act matters.
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(Currently Office of Disciplinary Counsel)
1991-1995 Conducted preliminary reviews of attorney misconduct under Bar Counsel Leonard H.
Becker. Previously, law clerk to Elizabeth A. Herman, Deputy Bar Counsel (1991-92).
Education DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LAW WASHINGTON, D.C.
J.D. 1992 – cum laude
Law Review; President Moot Court Association (1991-92); clinical programs included
Family Law Clinic, Public Entitlements Clinic and the Housing and Consumer Clinic.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON, D.C.
B.A. 1988 – Political Science
Other - National Association of Attorneys General - Training and Research Institute
- Former Legal Ethics and Trial Advocacy Trainer.
- National Association of Bar Executives – Member
- Council on Government Ethics Laws - Member
Publications: - Ethics Manual, The Plain Language Guide to District Government Ethics (2014) –
Darrin P. Sobin, Director of Government Ethics
- Taking the Stand: The Dawn of Ethics Reform in the District of Columbia
Government, Washington Lawyer Magazine (April 2015) - Robert J. Spagnoletti and
Darrin P. Sobin
- Civil Alternatives: How Ethics Boards Deter and Punish Corrupt
Behavior, National Association of Attorneys General: Anti-Corruption Manual -
Darrin P. Sobin (expected publication date December 2017)
References Available Upon Request
 Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
Darrin P. Sobin
Mr. Darrin P. Sobin is Chief Programs Officer for the District of Columbia
Bar and a current member of the Board of Ethics and Government
Accountability (BEGA).
Mr. Sobin joined the DC Bar with extensive experience in legal ethics,
commercial and intellectual property law, international banking law, and
wrongful death litigation.
As the District’s first Director of Government Ethics, he managed the day-
to-day operations of the Office of Government Ethics, which, under the Board of Ethics and
Government Accountability, has oversight and enforcement authority over nearly 34,000 District
government employees.
Mr. Sobin also served as a counselor of government ethics and legal ethics in the office of the DC
Attorney General. He has clerked for Judge June L. Green of the US District Court, where he
worked on cases involving tobacco litigation, Securities and Exchange Commission actions, the
Clean Water Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. Mr. Sobin also has experience conducting
preliminary reviews of attorney misconduct for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the District
of Columbia.
A Ward 2 resident, Mr. Sobin earned his Bachelor of Science from The George Washington
University and his Juris Doctor from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke
School of Law.
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
To: Tomas Talamante, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: May 13, 2024
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolutions nominating Felice Smith and Darrin
Sobin as members of the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolutions and
found them to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Erika Satterlee, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at 202-
724-1303, or me at 202-724-7681.
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Elizabeth A. (Betsy) Cavendish
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The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681