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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
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Title 12 - Banks and Banking |
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Chapter VII - National Credit Union Administration |
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SubChapter A - Regulations Affecting Credit Unions |
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Part 747 - Administrative Actions, Adjudicative Hearings, Rules of Practice and Procedure, and Investigations |
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Subpart A - Uniform Rules of Practice and Procedure |
§ 747.6 - Appearance and practice in adjudicatory proceedings.
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§ 747.6 Appearance and practice in adjudicatory proceedings.
(a) Appearance before the NCUA or an administrative law judgeALJ —
(1) By attorneys. Any member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of any state, commonwealth, possession, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia may represent others before the NCUA if such attorney is not currently suspended or debarred from practice before the NCUA.
(2) By non-attorneys. An individual may appear on his or her own behalf; a member of a partnership may represent the partnership; a duly authorized officer, director, or employee of any government unit, agency, institution, corporation or authority may represent that unit, agency, institution, corporation or authority if such officer, director, or employee is not currently suspended or debarred from practice before the NCUAthe individual's own behalf.
(3) Notice of appearance.
shall(i) Any individual acting on the individual's own behalf or as counsel on behalf of a party, including the NCUA Board,
amust file a notice of appearance with OFIA at or before the time that the individual submits papers or otherwise appears on behalf of a party in the adjudicatory proceeding. The notice of appearance must include
a)(:
(A) A written declaration that the individual is currently qualified as provided in paragraph (a)(1) or (
2) of this section and is authorized to represent the particular party; and
(B) A written acknowledgement that the individual has reviewed and will comply with the Uniform Rules and Local Rules in this part 747.
he or she(ii) By filing a notice of appearance on behalf of a party in an adjudicatory proceeding, the counsel agrees and represents that
he or shethe counsel is authorized to accept service on behalf of the represented party and that, in the event of withdrawal from representation,
administrative law judgethe counsel will, if required by the
he or sheALJ, continue to accept service until new counsel has filed a notice of appearance or until the represented party indicates that
the party will proceed on a pro se basis.
(b) Sanctions. Dilatory, obstructionist, egregious, contemptuous or contumacious conduct at any phase of any adjudicatory proceeding may be grounds for exclusion or suspension of counsel from the proceeding.
[56 FR 37767, Aug. 8, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 28025, June 4, 1996]