Local Rule Rule 83.6.1: Expedition of Court Business
E.D. Pa. — Attorney rule
Rule 83.6.1 Expedition of Court Business
(a) Attorneys shall promptly advise the court of the settlement or other final disposition of a case.
(b) No attorney shall, without just cause, fail to appear when that attorney's case is before the court on a call, motion, pretrial proceeding, or trial, or present to the court vexatious motions or vexatious opposition to motions or fail to prepare for presentation to the court, or otherwise so multiply the proceedings in a case as to unreasonably and vexatiously increase costs.
(c) Any attorney who fails to comply with (a) or (b) may be disciplined as the court shall deem just.