Local Rule 83.I.04: Representation by Local Counsel Who Must Sign All Pleadings
D.S.C. — Attorney rule
83.I.04: Representation by Local Counsel Who Must Sign All Pleadings.
(A) Except as provided in subsection (B) below, litigants in civil and criminal actions, other than parties appearing pro se, must be represented by at least one member of the bar of this court who shall sign each pleading, motion, discovery procedure, or other document served or filed in this court. The attorney identification number is also required on each pleading, motion, discovery procedure, or other document served or filed in this court.
(B) The following attorneys are exempt from the requirements of Local Civil Rules 83.I.01-83.I.06, except for Rule 83.I.05(B):
(1) United States Department of Justice attorneys attending to the interests of the United States, pursuant to 28 USC §§ 515(a) and 517; and
(2) Social Security Administration attorneys serving as Special Assistant United States Attorneys to represent the agency in court.
Such attorneys shall sign each pleading, motion, discovery procedure, or other document served or filed in this court.
(C) Any attorney who is a member of the Office of the United States Attorney for this District or the Federal Public Defender's Office for this District, may appear and file pleadings if the attorney is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States or before the highest court of any state in the United States (or the District of Columbia) and is familiar with the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct (Rule 407 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules), the Local Civil and Criminal Rules of this court, and substantive areas of law, as is relevant to their practice. In addition to the foregoing, attorneys appearing in criminal cases in this district shall be familiar with the Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq.), the Speedy Trial Act (18 U.S.C. § 3161), and the United States Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines. Any attorney authorized to practice in this court pursuant to this rule is subject to Local Civil Rule 83.I.08: Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement.