UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

 Angela E. Noble 400 North Miami Avenue, Suite 8N09

Court Administrator · Clerk of Court Miami, Florida 33128-7716

(305) 523-5100

“It is our honor and duty to provide the support necessary to enable the Court as an institution to fulfill its constitutional, 

statutory, and societal responsibilities for all who seek justice.”

March 24, 2020

Alison Schary, Esq.

Chelsea Kelly, Esq.

Laura R. Handman, Esq.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

1919 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 800

Washington, DC 20006

Dear Counsel:

As you know, your names appear on the service list of a document filed with this Court in 

Case #20-CV-80484-DMM. Our records, however, indicate that you are not members of the 

Southern District of Florida Bar. Pursuant to Local Rule 4(b) of the Rules Governing the 

Admission, Practice, Peer Review, and Discipline of Attorneys, only members of the Bar of this 

District may appear as attorneys in this Court except when appearance pro hac vice is permitted by 

the Court. 

In order to appear and participate in a particular case in this Court, you must be an attorney 

who is a member in good standing of the bar of any United States Court, or of the highest Court of 

any State or Territory or Insular Possession of the United States. You are then required to file a 

written application, filed by counsel admitted to practice in this District, requesting permission to 

appear and participate in a particular case. A certification that you have studied this Court’s

Local Rules shall accompany the application. If permission to appear pro hac vice is granted, such 

appearance shall not constitute formal admission or authorize you to file documents via CM/ECF.

The Rule also requires that the application designate a member of the Bar of this Court who 

is authorized to file through the Court’s electronic filing system, to act as local counsel with whom 

the Court and opposing counsel may readily communicate regarding the conduct of the case, upon 

whom filings shall be served, who shall be required to electronically file and serve all documents 

and things that may be filed and served electronically, and who shall be responsible for filing and 

serving documents in compliance with the CM/ECF Administrative Procedures. The Rule further 

requires that the application be accompanied by a written statement from local counsel consenting 

to the designation, and the address and telephone number of local counsel. 

An attorney who is granted a pro hac vice appearance will not be permitted to register as a 

CM/ECF User in this District, but may access the electronic record through the PACER System 

(see Section 7B of the Administrative Procedures on our website [www.flsd.uscourts.gov]). With 
the exception of the original application, attorneys so admitted will be required to 

electronically file all documents through their local counsel. An application to appear pro hac 

vice must be filed in the conventional manner along with the applicable filing fee. Although 

attorneys granted pro hac vice appearance will not be permitted to file electronically, they will be 

able to electronically receive Notices of Electronic Filing. Such requests should be included in 

your application to appear pro hac vice and in the accompanying proposed order. The e-mail 

address for the attorney(s) seeking admission must be provided in both the motion and proposed 

order in order to receive electronic notices. 

Administrative Order 2020-9 provides that an admissions fee of $200.00 is to be paid by 

every attorney petitioning the Court to appear and participate in a particular case under Rule 4(b). 

A form motion for appearance pro hac vice can be downloaded from our website at 

www.flsd.uscourts.gov, or by contacting this office. If you have any questions, you may contact 

Attorney Admissions at (305) 523-5265 or the CM/ECF Help Desk at (888) 318-2260.

Sincerely,

ANGELA E. NOBLE

Court Administrator · Clerk of Court

by: Deputy Clerk

Attorney Admissions 

c: United States District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks

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