TITLE 1: GOVERNMENT
DIVISION 8: PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
§ 8537. Appearance as an Attorney. (a) A public official or public employee shall not appear as an attorney for another person before a Commonwealth governmental entity. (b) A public official or public employee may appear in an advocacy role before a Commonwealth governmental entity on behalf of: (1) The public official or public employee in the public official or public employee’s personal capacity; (2) A member of the public official’s immediate family; or (3) The government entity that is the public official or public employee’s principal employer. (c) This section does not limit a public official or employee from appearing as an attorney before a governmental entity on a purely ministerial matter which does not require discretion on the part of the Commonwealth governmental entity. Source: PL 8-11, § 1 (§ 8437).