Free Pro Hac Vice Instructions - New York

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION

File the Motion with the Clerk=s Office. Please make sure that the motion includes the applicant=s e-mail address. If filing the motion conventionally, please include a diskette (or CD) containing the motion in PDF format together with the hard copy of the motion. Certificate of Good Standing. The motion must be accompanied by a certificate or other official document indicating good standing with the state bar. Fee. There is a $25.00 fee in each case or adversary proceeding and for each attorney seeking admission. This fee is due at the time of the filing of the motion. The motion, therefore, must be accompanied by a check or money order for the amount due (payable to Clerk, US Bankruptcy Court, SDNY). Furnish Chambers with a Courtesy Copy of the Motion and Proposed Order. When submitting the courtesy copy to the judge=s chambers, please include a diskette (or CD) containing the proposed order in Word or WordPerfect format. Password for CM/ECF (Case Management/Electronic Case File) System. Where an attorney seeking pro hac vice admission has also submitted an application for a password to the Court's CM/ECF system, the Court will issue a password. The password should not be used for filing documents in any case or adversary proceeding other than the case or adversary proceeding (and on behalf of the party referred to) for which admission was granted, unless the password holder applies for B and is granted B pro hac vice admission in the new case or adversary proceeding. However, an attorney who already holds a CM/ECF password B based on a prior pro hac vice admission B may use it to file a motion for pro hac vice admission and pay the $25.00 fee (with a credit card while on ECF) in a new case or adversary proceeding; no other filing should be made in the new case or adversary proceeding until the motion is granted. NOTE: Pursuant to Local Rule 2090-1(f), the requirement that attorneys be admitted to practice in the District Court (SDNY) or seek pro hac vice admission in the Bankruptcy Court does not apply to the following: 1) the filing of a proof of claim or interest; and 2) an appearance by a child support creditor or creditor's representative.

June 2009