---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 500.2"
title: "45"
number: "500.2"
heading: "Notice of entry or withdrawal of counsel in claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/500.2"
---

# §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 own behalf, or upon request for a substitution of attorneys, will be required to file an authorization signed by the claimant.
- (b) When counsel seeks to withdraw from the prosecution of a claim, he or she will be required to demonstrate that the client (claimant) has been duly notified.
- (c) When a claimant advises the Commission that counsel no longer represents that claimant, a copy of the Commission's acknowledgment will be forwarded to that counsel.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 2, Pub. L. 896, 80th Cong., 62 Stat. 1240, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2001); sec. 3, Pub. L. 455, 81st Cong., 64 Stat. 12, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1622); 18 U.S.C. 207; Sec.1705(a)(2), Pub. L. 114-328, 114th Cong., 130 Stat. 2644.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 49844, Oct. 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted.