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staff Sec. 305. (a) The Director shall employ a staff of attorneys and clerical and other personnel necessary to provide adequate and effective defense services. The Director shall make assignments of the personnel of the Service. The compensation of all employees of the service, other than the Director and the Deputy Director, shall be fixed by the Director without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5 of the United States Code, but shall not exceed the compensation which may be paid to persons of similar qualifications and experience in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. All attorneys employed by the Service to represent persons shall be members of the bar of the District of Columbia. (b) No attorney employed by the Service shall engage in the private practice of law or receive a fee for representing any person.