Timeline for Any precedent for a foreign (non-U.S.) attorney, pro hac vice, was granted permission to represent civil litigants in any U.S. federal or state court?
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| Nov 15, 2022 at 20:39 | comment | added | hszmv | @Kisspuska, As Alan pointed out almost all U.S. Jurisdictions require that a pro hac vice attorney must have a bar certified lawyer from that jurisdiction to assist them. However, there is no rule baring a pro hac vice attorney from being the "lead" attorney on a case. At trial, there's a good amount of persuasion that is a part of any an attorney's job that rarely differs from jurisdiction. A good court room litigation is rarely a matter of the nuances of jurisdictional law. | |
| Nov 15, 2022 at 19:44 | comment | added | Alan | quoting law.cornell.edu/wex/pro_hac_vice , "In almost all U.S. jurisdictions, attorneys who practice pro hac vice must do so with a local lawyer acting as local counsel." | |
| Nov 15, 2022 at 18:55 | comment | added | kisspuska | If I read the SCOTUS decision correctly, it requires that a bar-licensed attorney be on the case already; the foreign attorney cannot be the lead or sole attorney on the case. Am I missing something? | |
| Nov 15, 2022 at 13:27 | history | answered | sjy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |