CFR > Title 24 - Housing and Urban Development > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to 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) (parts 1700 to > PART 1720—FORMAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF PRACTICE > SUBPART D—Adjudicatory Proceedings (§1720.105 to §1720.635) > 1720.135—Standards of practice.

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.