UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

FORT LAUDERDALE DIVISION

CASE NO.: 0:22-CV-61842

DONALD J. TRUMP,

Plaintiff,

v.

CABLE NEWS NETWORK, INC.,

Defendant.

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MOTION FOR BRIAN M. UNDERWOOD, JR., ESQ. TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE,

CONSENT TO DESIGNATION, AND REQUEST TO

ELECTRONICALLY RECEIVE NOTICES OF ELECTRONIC FILING

In accordance with Local Rules 4(b) of the Rules Governing the Admission, Practice, Peer 

Review, and Discipline of Attorneys of the United States District Court for the Southern District 

of Florida, the undersigned respectfully moves for the admission pro hac vice of Brian M. 

Underwood, Jr. of the law firm of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, 

NW, One Atlantic Center, Atlanta, GA 30309, Telephone: (404) 572-6894 for purposes of 

appearance as co-counsel on behalf of Defendant, Cable News Network, Inc. (“CNN”) in the 

above-styled case only, and pursuant to Rule 2B of the CM/ECF Administrative Procedures, to 

permit Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. to receive electronic filings in this case, and in support 

thereof states as follows:

1. Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. is not admitted to practice in the Southern District 

of Florida. Mr. Underwood is a member in good standing and currently eligible to practice law in 

the State of Georgia and is a member in good standing of the United States Court of Appeals for 

the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

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2. Movant, Eric C. Edison, Esquire, of the law firm of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, 

P.A., 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301, Telephone: (954) 462-

2000, is a member in good standing of The Florida Bar and the United States District Court for the 

Southern District of Florida and is authorized to file through the Court’s electronic filing system. 

Movant consents to be designated as a member of the Bar of this Court 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. See Section 2B of the 

CM/ECF Administrative Procedures.

3. In accordance with the local rules of this Court, Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. has 

made payment of this Court’s $200.00 admission fee. A certification in accordance with Rule 4(b) 

is attached hereto.

4. Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq., by and through designated counsel and pursuant to 

Section 2B CM/ECF Administrative Procedures, hereby requests the Court to provide Notice of 

Electronic Filings to Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. at email address: 

brian.underwood@bclplaw.com.

5. In accordance with S.D. Fla. L.R. 7.1.A.3, the undersigned certify that counsel for the 

parties have conferred regarding the relief requested herein, and there is no opposition to relief 

requested.

WHEREFORE, Movant, Eric C. Edison, Esq., moves this Court to enter an Order permitting 

Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. to appear before this Court on behalf of Defendant, Cable News 

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Network, Inc. for all purposes relating to the proceedings in the above-styled matter and directing

the Clerk to provide notice of electronic filings to Brian M. Underwood, Jr., Esq. 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been filed and 

served via the Court’s CM/ECF portal on this 21

st day of October, 2022 to Lindsey 

Halligan, Esq., lindseyhalligan@outlook.com, Counsel for Plaintiff, 511 SE 5th Avenue, Fort 

Lauderdale, FL 33301; and James M. Trusty, Esq., jtrusty@ifrahlaw.com; Ifrah Law PLLC, 

Counsel for Plaintiff, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006. 

GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART, P.A.

450 East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1400 

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301

Telephone: (954) 462-2000 

By: /s/ Eric C. Edison, Esq. 

George S. LeMieux, Esq. 

Florida Bar No. 16403 

Email: glemieux@gunster.com

Eric C. Edison, Esq. 

Florida Bar No. 010379 

Email: eedison@gunster.com

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