[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 3]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR500.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

 CHAPTER V--FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES, 

                          DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 500_APPEARANCE AND PRACTICE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 500.1  Appearance and representation.









Sec.

500.1 Appearance and representation.

500.2 Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims.

500.3 Fees.

500.4 Suspension of attorneys.

500.5 Standards of Conduct.

500.6 Disqualification of former employees.



    Authority: Sec. 2, Pub. L. 896, 80th Cong., 62 Stat. 1240, as 

amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2001); sec. 3, Pub. L. 455, 81st Cong., 64 Stat. 

12, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1622); 18 U.S.C. 207.



    Source: 66 FR 49844, Oct. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) An individual may appear in his or her own behalf, or may be 

represented by an attorney at law admitted to practice in any State or 

Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

    (b) A member of a partnership may represent the partnership.

    (c) A bona fide officer of a corporation, trust or association may 

represent the corporation, trust or association.

    (d) An officer or employee of the United States Department of 

Justice, when designated by the Attorney General of the United States, 

may represent the United States in a claim proceeding.

    (e) In cases falling within the purview of subchapter B of this 

chapter, persons designated by veterans', service, and other 

organizations to appear before the Commission in a representative 

capacity on behalf of claimants will be deemed duly authorized to 

practice before the Commission if the designating organization has 

received a letter of accreditation from the Commission. Petitions for 

accreditation must be in writing, executed by duly authorized officer or 

officers, and addressed to the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of 

the United States, Washington, DC 20579. Upon receipt of a petition 

setting forth pertinent facts as to the organization's history, purpose, 

number of posts or chapters and their locations, approximate number of 

paid-up memberships, statements that the organization will not charge 

any fee for services rendered by its designees in behalf of claimants 

and that it will not refuse on the grounds of non-membership to 

represent any claimant who applies for representation if the claimant 

has an apparently valid claim, accompanied by a copy of the 

organization's constitution, or charter, by-laws, and its latest 

financial statement, the Commission in its discretion will consider and 

in appropriate cases issue or deny letters of accreditation.

    (f) A claimant may not be represented before the Commission except 

as authorized in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.