The Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel(MOLC) is the legal arm of the executive branch of the District of Columbia government. Its primary responsibilities are to provide legal advice and support the Mayor, her senior staff, including Deputy Mayors, agency directors of the subordinate executive agencies, directly and through oversight of more than forty agency General Counsel offices.

These duties include but are not limited to:

1. Interfacing with the Office of the Attorney General on litigation matters and other issues that require coordination between the Executive Office of the Mayor, her subordinate agencies and the elected Attorney General.
2. Working closely with the Office of Risk Management to reduce avoidable operational, legal and financial exposure for the District of Columbia government;
3. Resolving interagency legal issues on behalf of the Mayor;
4. Overseeing the representation of agencies in investigative matters before the Executive Branch of the federal government, Congress, or the Council of the District of Columbia; and
5. Supervising outside counsel in matters where the Office of the Attorney General is recused from a matter or is otherwise not available.
6. Coordinating the hiring, compensation, and training of agency counsel and general counsel offices

The MOLC also adjudicates administrative appeals of Freedom of Information Act decisions made by District government agencies on behalf of the Mayor and tracks reported allegations of sexual harassment claims made by city employees. The Office also oversees the legal review of donations made to District government agencies.