10th Cir. R. 46.2: Admission to Tenth Circuit bar

(A) Prerequisite to practice. Upon filing a case or entering an appearance in this court, an attorney who is not admitted to the Tenth Circuit bar must apply for admission. Forms (as well as other information) are available on the court’s website at www.ca10.uscourts.gov.

(B) Method of admission and fees. Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 46 applies to admission to the Tenth Circuit bar. The amount of the admission fee will be set by the court and is payable to the Clerk as trustee. The admission fee is waived for any attorney representing the United States or a federal agency or for any attorney appointed by the court to represent a party on appeal. Per the court’s Plan For Attorney Disciplinary Enforcement, any lawyer disbarred from practice before the Circuit will be required to pay the fee prior to being readmitted.

(C) Trust account. The Clerk will hold all admission fees in a trust account known as the “Attorney Admission Fund.” The Clerk will disburse money from this account as the chief judge or a delegated judicial committee directs to defray expenses of the annual judicial conference and support other activities and purchases that will benefit the bench and the bar. The Clerk must account to the court annually for the trust funds.

(D) Required Notification of Suspension or Disbarment. An attorney admitted to practice in this court who is disbarred or suspended by the bar of a state or another court must file with the Clerk a copy of that disciplinary order within 30 days. For purposes of this rule, an attorney who resigns from the bar of a state or court while under investigation for alleged misconduct is deemed disbarred by that state or court, and the attorney's resignation, along with any acknowledgment or acceptance of that resignation by the state or court, is deemed an order of disbarment.