[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 17, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 17CFR171.13]

[Page 601-602]
 
              TITLE 17--COMMODITY AND SECURITIES EXCHANGES
 
             CHAPTER I--COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
 
PART 171_RULES RELATING TO REVIEW OF NATIONAL FUTURES ASSOCIATION 
DECISIONS IN DISCIPLINARY, MEMBERSHIP DENIAL, REGISTRATION AND MEMBER 
RESPONSIBILITY ACTIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec.  171.13  Practice before the Commission.

    (a) Practice--(1) By non-attorneys. An individual may appear pro se 
(on his own behalf); a general partner may represent the partnership; a 
bona fide officer of a corporation, trust or association may represent 
the corporation, trust or association.
    (2) By attorneys. An attorney-at-law who is admitted to practice 
before the highest court in any State or territory, or of the District 
of Columbia, who has not been suspended or disbarred from appearance and 
practice before the

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Commission in accordance with the provisions of part 14 of this chapter 
may represent parties as an attorney in proceedings before the 
Commission.
    (b) Debarment of counsel or representative during the course of a 
proceeding. Whenever, while a proceeding is pending before the 
Commission, the Commission finds that a person acting as counsel or 
representative for any party to the proceeding is guilty of contemptuous 
conduct, the Commission may order that such person be precluded from 
further acting as counsel or representative in a proceeding subject to 
these rules. The Commission may suspend the proceedings for a reasonable 
time for the purpose of enabling the party to obtain other counsel or 
representative.
    (c) Withdrawal from representation. Withdrawal from representation 
of a party will be only by leave of the Commission. Such leave to 
withdraw may be subject to conditions including submission of an 
affidavit averring that the party represented has actual knowledge of 
the withdrawal and providing the name and address of a successor counsel 
(or representative) or a statement that the represented party has 
determined to proceed pro se. If the party proceeds pro se, the 
statement shall include the address where the party can thereafter be 
served.