[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 4, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 4CFR28.25]

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                            TITLE 4--ACCOUNTS
 
               CHAPTER I--GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
 
PART 28_GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD; PROCEDURES 
 
                          Subpart B_Procedures
 
Sec.  28.25  Representation.

    (a) All parties to a petition may be represented in any matter 
relating to the petition. The parties shall designate their 
representatives, if any, in the petition or responsive pleading. Any 
subsequent changes in representation shall also be in writing, and 
submitted to the administrative judge and served upon the other parties. 
Once a party has designated a representative, all documents required by 
the Board's regulations to be served upon the party shall instead be 
served upon the representative.
    (b) A party may choose any representative so long as the person is 
willing and available to serve. However, the other party or parties may 
challenge the representative on the grounds of conflict of interest or 
conflict of position. This challenge must be made by motion to the 
administrative judge within 10 days of service of the notice of 
designation, and shall be ruled upon by the administrative judge prior 
to any further proceeding in the case. These procedures apply equally to 
original and subsequent designations of

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representatives. In the event the selected representative is 
disqualified, the party affected shall be given a reasonable time to 
obtain another representative.
    (c) The administrative judge, on his or her own motion, may 
disqualify a party's representative on the grounds described in 
paragraph (b) of this section.

[58 FR 61992, Nov. 23, 1993, as amended at 68 FR 69301, Dec. 12, 2003]