10.1 - Practitioner Discipline Generally

The Executive Office for Immigration Review has the authority to impose disciplinary sanctions on practitioners and recognized organizations who violate rules of professional conduct in practice before the Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Department of Homeland Security.  See 8 C.F.R. §§ 1003.1(d)(2)(iii), 1003.1(d)(5), 1003.101-111, 292.3.  See also Matter of Gadda, 23 I&N Dec. 645 (BIA 2003).

Generally, discipline of practitioners and recognized organizations is initiated by the filing of a complaint.  See Chapter 10.5 (Filing a Complaint).  Any individual, including Immigration Judges, may file a complaint about the conduct of a practitioner or recognized organization.