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Subtitle B-Regulations Relating to Public WelfareContinued

CHAPTER V-FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT

COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES,

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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SUBCHAPTER B-RECEIPT, ADMINISTRATION, AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WAR CLAIMS ACT OF 1948, AS AMENDED BY PUB. L. 91-289, APPROVED JUNE 24, 1970

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SUBCHAPTER C-RECEIPT, ADMINISTRATION, AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED

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SUBCHAPTER A-RULES OF PRACTICE

PART 500-APPEARANCE AND PRACTICE

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(a) An individual may appear in his or her own behalf; a member of a partnership may represent the partnership; a bona fide officer of a corporation, trust or association may represent the corporation, trust or association; 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.

(b) A person 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.

(c) 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 shall be deemed duly authorized to practice before the Commission when the designating organization shall have been issued a letter of accreditation by the Commission. Petitions for accreditation shall 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 perti

nent 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 such representation if such 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.

(d) A person may not be represented before the Commission except as authorized in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.

§ 500.2 Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims.

(a) Counsel entering an appearance in a claim originally filed by a claimant in the claimant's behalf, or upon request for a substitution of attorneys, shall be required to file an authorization by such claimant.

(b) When counsel seeks to withdraw from the prosecution of a claim, it must appear that the client (claimant) has been duly notified.

(c) When a claimant advises the Commission that counsel no longer represents such claimant, a copy of the Commission's acknowledgement shall be forwarded to such counsel.

§ 500.3 Fees.

(a) No remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant in connection with any claim falling within the purview of subchapter B of this chapter shall exceed ten per centum of the amount allowed on account of such claim, except that the Commission in its discretion may fix a lesser per centum with respect to any claim filed thereunder.

(b) The total remuneration on account of services rendered or to be rendered to or on behalf of any claimant

in connection with any claim falling within title I of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, shall not exceed ten per centum of the total amount paid on account of such claim.

§ 500.4 Suspension of attorneys.

(a) The Commission may disqualify, or deny, temporarily or permanently, the privilege of appearing or practicing before it in any way to any person who is found after a hearing in the matter(1) Not to possess the requisite qualifications to represent others before the Commission; or

(2) To be lacking in character or integrity or to have engaged in unethical or improper professional conduct; or

(3) To have violated sections 10 and 214 of the War Claims Act of 1948, as amended, or section 4(f) of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended, or $500.3 of part 500 of these regulations.

(b) Contemptuous or contumacious conduct at any hearing shall be ground for exclusion from said hearing and for summary suspension without a hearing for the duration of the hearing.

§ 500.5 Disqualification of former employees; disqualification of partners of current employees.

(a) No member, officer or employee of the Commission, including a special Government employee shall, after employment has ceased, knowingly act as an agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any person or party (other than the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before, or, with the intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any person or party (other than the United States) (1) to the Commission or any other department, agency, court, court-martial, or any civil, military, or naval commission of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any officer or employee thereof, (2) in connection with any judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, investigation, charge, accusation, arrest, or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the United States or the District of Colum

bia is a party or has a direct and substantial interest, and (3) in which such member, officer, employee, or special Government employee, participated personally and substantially through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation or otherwise, while so employed.

(b) No member, officer, or employee of the Commission, including a special Government employee, shall, within two years after employment has ceased, knowingly act as agent or attorney for, or otherwise represent, any person or party (other than the United States) in any formal or informal appearance before, or with intent to influence, make any oral or written communication on behalf of any person or party (other than the United States) (1) to an organization enumerated in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or any officer or employee thereof, (2) in connection with any matter enumerated and described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and (3) which was actually pending under his or her official responsibility as an employee within a period of one year prior to the termination of such responsibility.

(c) No member, officer, or employee of the Commission, including a special Government employee, in an executive level position, in a position with a comparable or greater rate of pay, or in a position that involved significant decision making or supervisory responsibility as designated by the Director of the Office of Government Ethics under 18 U.S.C. 207(d)(1)(C), shall, within two years after employment has ceased, knowingly represent or aid, counsel, advise, consult or assist in representing any person or party (other than the United States) by personal presence at any formal or informal appearance before (1) an organization enumerated in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, or an officer or employee thereof, (2) in connection with any matter enumerated and described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, and (3) in which he or she participated personally or substantially as an employee (18 U.S.C. 207(b)(ii)).

(d) No member, officer, or employee of the Commission other than a special Government employee with service of

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