[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 5] [Revised as of January 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR1720.135] [Page 73] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER X--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (INTERSTATE LAND SALES REGISTRATION PROGRAM) PART 1720_FORMAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE--Table of Contents Subpart D_Adjudicatory Proceedings Sec. 1720.135 Standards of practice. (a) Attorneys shall conform to the standards of professional and ethical conduct required by practitioners in the courts of the United States and by the bars of which the attorneys are members. (b) The privilege of appearing or practicing may be denied, temporarily or permanently, to any person who is found after notice and opportunity for hearing which at the person's request or in the discretion of the Secretary may be private, and for presentation of oral argument in the matter: (1) Not to possess the requisite qualifications to represent others, or (2) To be lacking in character or integrity, or (3) To have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct. (c) Contemptuous conduct at any hearing shall be grounds for summary exclusion from said hearing for the duration of the hearing.