Local Rule LR 9010-1: Required Appearance Through Counsel; Admission to Practice; Attorney Discipline and Disbarment

LR 9010-1 Required Appearance Through Counsel; Admission to Practice; Attorney Discipline and Disbarment

(a) Appearance through counsel. Only individuals acting on their own behalf may appear pro se. All others, including legal entities (such as corporations, partnerships, unincorporated associations, limited liability companies, and trusts) and individuals acting on behalf of another, may seek relief from the court (including by filing any motion, objection, application, plan, or pleading) only through legal counsel admitted to practice as provided in this Local Rule.

(b) Admission to practice. Attorneys appearing in this court must be admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, except as provided in Local Rule 9010-1(c). Each attorney is responsible for maintaining current contact information with the court and in CM/ECF. Notification of a change of firm or a change of address must be filed with the court and served on the trustee and the United States trustee; counsel must simultaneously update their contact information electronically in CM/ECF.

(c) Pro hac vice admission. An attorney moving to appear pro hac vice must demonstrate special circumstances that justify excusing them from seeking admission as provided in subsection (b) of this Local Rule. Additionally, attorneys requesting admission pro hac vice must demonstrate that they:

(1) Are currently in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of each federal and state court to which they have been admitted;

(2) Will have only limited or incidental involvement with the case or adversary proceeding in which they seek to appear;

(3) Do not expect to appear or participate in any other case or adversary proceeding before this court; and

(4) Have obtained or will obtain the necessary Electronic Case Filing authorization, as detailed at www.wieb.uscourts.gov.

(d) Attorney discipline and disbarment.

(1) Attorneys practicing before this court are subject to the Wisconsin Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys, as may be adopted from time to time by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, except as may be modified by this court or by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. After notice and opportunity to be heard, any attorney who violates the governing standards of conduct may be barred from practice before this court, suspended from practice for a definite time, reprimanded, or subjected to such other discipline as the court may deem proper.

(2) The court, in its discretion, may report any allegation of misconduct to the appropriate authority regulating the practice of law in any jurisdiction in which the offending attorney has been admitted to practice.

(3) Any attorney admitted to practice or appearing before this court who is disbarred or suspended from practice in any jurisdiction must promptly report that matter to this court by sending a letter to the Clerk.

(4) Any restriction on practice imposed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin applies equally in this court.