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.”

September 12, 2022

J. Stephen Simms, Esq.

Simms Showers LLP

201 International Circle, Suite 230

Baltimore, Maryland 21030

Dear Mr. Simms:

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

in case #22-CV-22887-KMW. Our records, however, indicate that you are not a member 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, electronically 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 does not constitute formal admission, nor does it 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]). 

Attorneys admitted pro hac vice will be required to electronically file and serve all 

documents through their local counsel. An application to appear pro hac vice must be 

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electronically filed by local counsel, along with the applicable filing fee, via CM/ECF. Although 

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

admitted pro hac vice 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. Please note the Court 

does not add secondary email addresses for pro hac vice attorneys. Pro hac vice attorneys 

should instruct their local counsel to add secondary email addresses to local counsel’s CM/ECF 

account.

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). 

The fee must be paid by local counsel in conjunction with the filing of your motion to appear pro 

hac vice and certification.

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

www.flsd.uscourts.gov, Attorney Resources, Pro Hac Vice Appearance. 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: s/Deputy Clerk

Attorney Admissions 

c: United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams

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