Order Amending Local Rules 21.5 and 21.6

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November 22, 1982

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT: 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ° 

ORDER AMENDING LOCAL RULES 21.5 and 21.6 
  

IT IS ORDERED that Local Rule 21.5 be amended to read as 

follows: 

21.5 Visiting Attorneys 

Any member ‘in good standing of the bar of any court of the 

United States or of the highest court of any state, who is 

ineligible to become a member of the bar of this court, may, 

upon written motion of counsel of record who is a member of the 

bar of this court, by ex parte order, be permitted to appear 

and participate as co-counsel in a particular case. 

The motion must have attached to it a certificate of the 

presiding judge or clerk of the highest Court of the State, or 

Court of the United States, where he has been so admitted to 

practice, showing that the applicant attorney has been so ad- 

mitted in such Court, and that he is in good standing therein. 

The applicant attorney shall state under oath whether any 

disciplinary proceedings or criminal charges have been instituted 

against him, and if so, full information about the proceedings 

or charges and the results thereof shall be disclosed. 

An attorney thus permitted to appear may participate in 

a particular action or proceeding in all respects, except that 

all documents requiring signature of counsel for a party may not 

be signed solely by such attorney, but must bear the signature 

also of local counsel with whom he is associated. 

Local counsel shall be responsible to the Court at all 

stages of the proceedings. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Local Rule 21.6 be amended to 

read as follows: 

21.6 Waiver by Court Order of Requirements for Local Counsel 

In any civil action a non-resident counsel meeting the 

criteria of Rule 21.5 may be authorized by court order to appear 

and act for any party who is a non-resident of the State of 

Louisiana without joinder of local co-counsel when it is shown 

that: 

a. the non-resident party would suffer hardship by 

joinder of local counsel, and 

b. the obligations and duties of counsel in the particular 

litigation will be fulfilled. 

  
Dated this 22nd day of November + 1982,

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