Local Rule 2090-1: ATTORNEY ADMISSION; REPRESENTATION AND APPEARANCES

RULE 2090‐1 ATTORNEY ADMISSION; REPRESENTATION AND APPEARANCES

(A) General Admission to Practice before the Bankruptcy Court. Any attorney appearing before this Court must be admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The requirements for attorney admission, including requests to appear pro hac vice, and the standards concerning attorney discipline, including the Rules of Professional Conduct adopted by the Supreme Court of Illinois, as set forth in the District Court's Civil LR 83.5 and 83.6 are adopted by and apply to attorney practice before this Court.

(B) Electronic Filing. With limited exceptions, attorneys are required to file documents electronically through CM/ECF and must obtain a login and password to do so. An attorney's login and password may only be used by that attorney or such individuals authorized by them to file documents on their behalf. One attorney's login and password may not be used to file documents on behalf of or signed by another attorney. Use of another attorney's CM/ECF credentials to file a document may result in the filed document being stricken and both attorneys being sanctioned. The Administrative Procedures posted on the Court's website are to be strictly followed.

(C) Attorney of Record; Individual Appearances. Every petition, pleading, written motion, and other paper except a list, schedule, or statement (and amendments thereto) shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's individual name. To be "of record" and authorized to sign pleadings, documents, or agreed orders on behalf of a party, every attorney, other than the attorney who filed the initial bankruptcy petition or the complaint in an adversary proceeding, must enter his or her appearance for that party. Only individual attorneys may enter an appearance; appearances by firms are not permitted.

(D) Withdrawal and Substitution of Counsel. Withdrawal from representing a party may only be accomplished by order of court upon motion requesting withdrawal. Filing a notice stating that an attorney is or has withdrawn is not effective. An attorney of record for a party will remain so until an order has been entered allowing the withdrawal. The filing of an appearance by a new attorney will not itself result in the withdrawal of any prior attorney of record.