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    Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey B. Clark recently allowed his dues to lapse and apologized to a court over the mishap.

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    Case 1:19-cv-02826-KBJ Document 57-1 Filed 01/27/20 Page 1 of 2

    U.S. Department of Justice

    Environment and Natural Resources Division

    950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Telephone (202) 514-2701


    Washington, DC 20530-0001
    Facsimile (202) 514-0557

    Clerk
    U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
    333 Constitution Avenue N.W.
    Room 1225
    Washington D.C. 20001

    Re: California v. Chao, Case No. 19-2826

    I write to notify you that at the time one or more filings were made in this case in the span of
    time from October 1, 2019 through December 9, 2019, my name appeared on the federal
    government’s filing in the above case. The names of other lawyer(s) also appeared on such a
    filing. During this period, my District of Columbia bar license was inadvertently in inactive
    status.

    Unbeknownst to me, on or about October 1, 2019, my DC bar license had been placed on
    inactive status for inadvertent non-payment of that year’s dues. https://www.dcbar.org/
    membership/frequent-questions/index.cfm#dues. To my knowledge, I had not missed a dues
    payment deadline in any prior year.

    I discovered this one-time lapse on December 9, 2019, paid the necessary dues and the $280
    penalty fee, and took immediate steps to correct the problem, such that it was fixed the next day
    on December 10, 2019, according to the DC Bar’s website. The DC Bar did not have my correct
    address and I received no mail forwarded to me from my prior private law firm (which I left on
    October 31, 2018 to join the Justice Department the following day). That firm had handled
    paying my bar dues from 2006-2018; the firm also moved to a different address circa March
    2019. I also reported the dues issue to Justice Department authorities.

    Upon further consultation with the relevant Department office, I determined to bring the matter
    to the Court’s attention and I followed its advice on the form of this letter: Specifically, if
    because my name appeared on a filing I implicitly represented that my DC Bar license was active
    and was authorized to represent the United States at that time (Department attorneys must
    maintain an active state-bar license), I wish to correct any such implicit representation and
    extend my sincere apology. I was not aware of the lapse due to nonpayment of dues and did not
    intend to mislead the Court.
    Case 1:19-cv-02826-KBJ Document 57-1 Filed 01/27/20 Page 2 of 2

    Please contact me should you wish to discuss the matter further or need to seek any further
    information.

    Yours truly,

    s/ Jeffrey Bossert Clark

    Jeffrey Bossert Clark

    cc: Counsel of Record

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