(a) An attorney, counselor or advocate shall file an entry of appearance in an appeal and attach a certified copy of his or her admission to practice before the court from which the appeal is taken.
(b) An attorney, counselor, or advocate shall be allowed to practice before the court of appeals so long as that person is in good standing with the court from which the appeal is taken and with each court to which the attorney has been admitted.
(c) An attorney shall submit a certificate certifying the attorney's good standing in each state bar to which the attorney has been admitted which shall include a statement under oath certifying that the attorney is not or has not been disbarred, suspended from practice, or subject to disciplinary action of any kind by any bar or court. If the attorney cannot submit such a certificate and has been reinstated to practice, the attorney shall submit a written explanation of the circumstances. If the appellate chief judge does not act within 30 days after the submission of the explanation, the attorney shall be permitted to practice before the court of appeals.
(d) The lower court clerk shall certify the admission of attorneys, counselors, and advocates to practice before the court from which the appeal has been taken.
(e) When the attorney, counselor, or advocate has complied with this rule, the appellate court clerk shall issue a notice of the admission to practice before the appellate court and shall provide a copy of the current rules it requested.
(f) Attorneys, counselors, and advocates shall be bound by the code of ethics of the tribe from which the appeal is taken. If no written code of ethics exists, they shall be bound by the American Bar Association code unless the Southwest Intertribal Court of Appeals develops a code of ethics, in which case it shall supersede the American Bar Association's code. Persons admitted to practice in other jurisdictions are bound also by the ethics codes of those jurisdictions while practicing in the appellate court.
(g) A person who has served as a law clerk or employee of the lower court from which an appeal has been taken shall not appear as counsel or provide professional consultation or assistance in an appeal of any case that arose or was decided during that person's employment.
(h) An attorney, counselor, or advocate disbarred or suspended from practice by a pueblo or tribal court shall not be allowed to practice before the court of appeals during the disbarment or suspension and shall provide proof of reinstatement to the practice before being allowed to practice before the court of appeals.
(i) A pueblo or tribal court who suspends or disbars an attorney, counselor, or advocate shall forward notice of such disbarment or suspension to the court of appeals.
(j) An attorney, counselor, or advocate shall not withdraw from representing a party after filing a notice of appeal on behalf of the party, after filing an entry of appearance on behalf of a party to an appeal, or after filing a pleading on behalf of a party in an appeal unless:
A withdrawal shall not be allowed if the motion is filed after a briefing schedule has been issued, or within 30 days of the date of oral argument.