Free Attorney Admission Application - Federal

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY ADMISSIONS THURGOOD MARSHALL UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE 40 FOLEY SQUARE NEW YORK, NY 10007 212-857-8603 DENNIS G. JACOBS CHIEF JUDGE CATHERINE O'HAGAN W OLFE CLERK OF COURT

ATTORNEY ADMISSION INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read FRAP 46 and Second Circuit Local Rule 46.1 located on the Court's website at www.ca2.uscourts.gov. Use only the provided Attorney Admission Application and accompanying Attorney Admission Oath and Sponsor's Motion for Admission. Be sure to include your bar number from your primary court of admission as requested on the application. Submit with your application a certificate of good standing issued within the previous six (6) months from the primary court of admission listed on your application. If you are admitted to more than one bar, provide additional bar information on the sheet provided and attach to your application. If the sheet provided does not offer sufficient space to list all bars to which you are admitted, copy the sheet as needed and list the additional information. Any supplemental information required to be filed in accordance with the application must be typewritten on a separate attachment that identifies the portion of the application to which the supplemental information relates. The Sponsor's Motion for Admission must be completed by a member in good standing of the Second Circuit's bar. Remit the required $190.00 fee with your application unless otherwise exempt under 28 U.S.C. § 1913. Make a check for the fee payable to "UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT." If an attorney subsequently separates from service that affords the exemption, the attorney must reapply for admission to this Court and pay the required admission fee. Completed application materials and the admission fee may be delivered to the Office of the Clerk, located in Room 370 of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY, or mailed to the address set forth at the top of this page.

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY ADMISSION APPLICATION
(PLEASE TYPE)

NAME: (as recorded in primary state/court of admission) _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Last Name First Name Middle Name or Initial SEX: ___ Male ___ Female DATE OF BIRTH: __________________________ (mm/dd/yyyy)

BUSINESS ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Law Firm, Agency, Company, or Other Business _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Street Address _________________________________________________________________________________________________ City State Zip Code _____________________________ Business Phone (incl. area code) _____________________________ Cell Phone (incl. area code) ________________________ Business E-mail Address ________________________ Other E-mail Address

BAR INFORMATION: (if admitted in more than 1 state or other court, provide additional courts and years admitted on attached list and submit with application) __________________________________ Primary Court of Admission PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: ___Yes ___No 1. Have you ever been known by any name other than that appearing on this application? (If yes, attach a list of all other names used.) ___Yes ___No 2. Have you been disbarred or suspended from practice, or have you received a reprimand pertaining to your conduct or fitness to practice law from any court, department, bureau or commission of any state or the United States? (If yes, attach a detailed explanation containing dates and circumstances.) ___Yes ___No 3. Are there currently pending against you any proceedings or allegations regarding an action for disbarment, suspension, or reprimand pertaining to your conduct or fitness to practice law from any court, department, bureau or commission of any state or the United States? (If yes, attach a detailed explanation containing dates and circumstances.) ___Yes ___No 4. Are you currently under investigation, or have you been a party to criminal or civil proceedings alleging fraud, misrepresentation, or other dishonesty? (If yes, attach a detailed explanation.) FEE SUBMITTED: ___ $190 ___N/A (exempt) _______________ Year Admitted __________________________ Bar Number (required)

Hand-deliver completed applications to the Clerk's Office, Room 370, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY or mail to United States Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Attorney Admissions, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY 10007.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
ADDITIONAL BAR INFORMATION COURT OF ADMISSION YEAR ADMITTED

If this page cannot accommodate all of the applicant's additional bar information, please copy this page and provide the additional information. All additional bar information should be attached to the submitted application.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

ATTORNEY ADMISSION OATH
(To be completed and submitted only by attorneys seeking admission)

I, ______________________________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have read and gained familiarity with the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Local Rules of the Second Circuit; completed the Attorney Admission Application, and remitted the appropriate fee unless I am otherwise exempt from payment. I am a member in good standing of each bar I listed on my Attorney Admission Application. I am an attorney of good moral and professional character and have been neither disbarred nor suspended from practice in any court. I will conduct myself as an attorney and counselor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit uprightly and according to law, and I will support the Constitution of the United States.

____________________ Date

____________________________________ Signature of Applicant

Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for the _____________________ of ___________________________, State of ____________________________, this _____ day of _____________________, 20____. ____________________________________ Signature of Notary

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: DATE OF ADMISSION ________________ ADMISSION NO. ____________________

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

SPONSOR'S MOTION FOR ATTORNEY ADMISSION
(To be completed and submitted only for attorneys seeking admission)

I, __________________________________________, having been duly admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on the ___ day of __________________, ___________, submit this motion in support of the request for admission made by the attorney set forth above. I swear (or affirm) that I have read copies of the applicant's completed Attorney Admission Application and signed Oath/Affirmation and believe them both to be true and correct and in compliance with FRAP 46 and Second Circuit Local Rule 46.1. I have known the applicant since _________________________________, and I am of the opinion that the applicant is of good moral character, reputation, and competency.

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____________________________________ Signature of Movant

Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in and for the _____________________ of ___________________________, State of ____________________________, this _____ day of _____________________, 20____. ____________________________________ Signature of Notary