Local Rule LR 2.06 / LR 2090-1: Admission to Practice Before Bankruptcy Court

Attorneys admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of west Virginia are automatically admitted to practice before this Court.

Any visiting attorney, not admitted to practice before the U. S. District Court, S.D.W.V., who is a member in good standing of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, or of the bar of the highest court of any state in the United States, or of the bar of the District of Columbia, may file a motion pro hac vice with the Bankruptcy Court. Such motion shall contain a statement identifying by exact name and address the bar of which the visiting attorney is a member in good standing and will ordinarily be granted in matters of disputed claims litigation and enforcement of Bankruptcy Court judgments, but, otherwise, it shall be granted only on a case-by-case basis for cause. If no order is entered admitting an attorney pro hac vice, a visiting attorney must associate with local counsel admitted to practice before the Court, who shall endorse all pleadings filed with the Court and accompany the visiting attorney upon the visiting attorney's initial appearance before the Court. Thereafter, the local counsel may, by and with the consent of the Court, be excused from further attendance during the proceedings, and the visiting attorney may be permitted to continue to appear for the purpose of the particular case. If a pleading is filed by a visiting attorney who has not been admitted pro hac vice and which is not endorsed by local counsel, the Court shall mail a notice to the visiting attorney that unless there is compliance with this rule within fifteen (15) days, the Court may strike the pleading from the docket.