Notice of Appearance – Federal Court

Notice of Appearance – Federal Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
[________________________________] DISTRICT OF [____________________]
[________________] DIVISION

[Full Party Name(s)],

Plaintiff(s),

v.

[Full Party Name(s)],

Defendant(s).

Case No. [____]-cv-[________________________________]

Judge: Hon. [________________________________]
Magistrate Judge: Hon. [________________________________]

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL

(28 U.S.C. § 1654; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a))

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

To the Clerk of the Court and All Parties and Counsel of Record:

Please take notice that [________________________________] hereby enters an appearance
as counsel of record for [Party Type: ☐ Plaintiff ☐ Defendant ☐ Intervenor ☐ Amicus
☐ Cross-Claimant ☐ Third-Party Plaintiff ☐ Third-Party Defendant ☐ Other: [____]]
[________________________________] in the above-captioned matter.

SECTION 1: APPEARING ATTORNEY INFORMATION

SECTION 2: BAR ADMISSION AND STANDING

2A. Admission to This District Court

☐ Admitted Member of This Court's Bar: Counsel is an active member in good standing of
the bar of the [________________________________] District of [____________________],
admitted on [__/__/____].

• Bar Number (State of [____]): [________________________________]
• District Court Bar Number: [________________________________]
• Date of District Court Admission: [__/__/____]
• Any current disciplinary proceedings pending? ☐ No ☐ Yes (explain): [________________________________]

2B. Pro Hac Vice Admission

☐ Pro Hac Vice Admission: Counsel is NOT a member of the bar of this Court but seeks
to appear pro hac vice pursuant to the Court's local rules.

• Home State Bar: [________________________________]
• State Bar Number: [________________________________]
• State Bar Admission Date: [__/__/____]
• Currently in good standing? ☐ Yes ☐ No (explain): [________________________________]
• Pro Hac Vice Motion filed: ☐ Yes (ECF No. [____]) ☐ Concurrent with this Notice
• Pro Hac Vice Order entered: ☐ Yes, [__/__/____] (ECF No. [____]) ☐ Pending
• Pro Hac Vice Application Fee paid: ☐ Yes ($[________]) ☐ Waived

Local Counsel (Required for Pro Hac Vice in Most Districts):

• Local Counsel Name: [________________________________]
• Firm: [________________________________]
• Bar Number: [________________________________]
• Address: [________________________________]
• Telephone: ([____]) [____]-[________]
• Email: [________________________________]

SECTION 3: ROLE IN THIS MATTER

☐ Lead Counsel — Counsel will serve as lead/primary counsel and will receive all
CM/ECF notices and communications.

☐ Additional Counsel — Counsel appears in addition to previously entered counsel.
Lead Counsel is: [________________________________]

☐ Replacing Prior Counsel — Counsel replaces [________________________________]
as counsel of record. Substitution of Attorney filed concurrently at ECF No. [____].

☐ Limited Appearance — Counsel appears for the limited purpose of:
[________________________________] pursuant to Local Rule [________________________________].

SECTION 4: CM/ECF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION

Counsel hereby confirms:

☐ Counsel is a registered CM/ECF user in this District.
CM/ECF Username/PACER Account: [________________________________]
Email registered for NEF notifications: [________________________________]

☐ Counsel has applied for CM/ECF registration concurrently with this Notice.

☐ Counsel requests that all CM/ECF notices in this matter be sent to the following email:
[________________________________]

Note: Failure to register for CM/ECF may result in counsel not receiving electronic notices
of filing, orders, and other case activity. Contact the Clerk's Office at ([____]) [____]-[________]
for CM/ECF registration assistance.

SECTION 5: DISTRICT-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST

SECTION 6: PARTY CONSENT (IF REQUIRED)

☐ Client/Party has been informed of and consents to this appearance.

Client/Party Name: [________________________________]
Signature: [________________________________]
Date: [__/__/____]

SECTION 7: SIGNATURE BLOCK

Dated: [__/__/____]

Respectfully submitted,

Signature: [________________________________]

[________________________________]
[State Bar No. [________________________________] / District Court Bar No. [________________________________]]
[________________________________] (Firm Name)
[________________________________] (Street Address)
[________________________________], [____] [__________]
Telephone: ([____]) [____]-[________]
Email: [________________________________]
Counsel for [________________________________]

SECTION 8: CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on [__/__/____], I electronically filed the foregoing Notice of
Appearance with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notice of
such filing to all counsel of record who are registered CM/ECF participants.

☐ In addition, on [__/__/____], I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing to be
served by [☐ first-class mail ☐ email ☐ hand delivery] upon the following non-CM/ECF
participants:

Signature: [________________________________]
[________________________________], Counsel for [________________________________]

SECTION 9: LOCAL PRACTICE AND COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST

Sources and References

• 28 U.S.C. § 1654: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1654
• SDNY Pro Hac Vice Instructions: https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/attorney/prohac
• SDNY Local Rules: https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/rules
• NDCA Pro Hac Vice: https://cand.uscourts.gov/attorneys/pro-hac-vice-appearance/
• SDNY/EDNY 2025 Joint Local Rules: https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/local_rules/2025-01-02%20Joint%20SDNY-EDNY%20Local%20Rules.pdf