{"content":[{"text":"Membership in U.S. District Courts","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.090882,"width":0.27078,"height":0.017045000000000005}},{"text":"Does one need to be a member of the state where a US District Court or can a bar member from \n another state be admitted into US District Court in another state? I always thought you had to be a \n member of the Tennessee Bar to be admitted to the US District Court in Tennessee. But someone \n told me today that wasn't the case. I could get admitted to any federal court as long as I am a bar \n member somewhere.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.147851,"width":0.75406,"height":0.09068199999999998}},{"text":"I can't speak to TN in particular, but generally, it's a hodgepodge. Some districts do have that \n requirement, others don't.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.280654,"width":0.705716,"height":0.035453999999999986}},{"text":"James S. Tyre, California","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.327548,"width":0.18737700000000002,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"I believe that this is up to the District Courts in each district. I am not aware of any District Courts \n that permit admissions by attorneys who not members of the state bar where the district is located, \n other than pro hac vice status, but you can usually find the exact requirements in the local rules or \n admission procedures. For example, the US District Court for the District of Oregon permits \n attorneys who are not members of the Oregon State bar to be admitted only as pro hac vice.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.386715,"width":0.7500069999999999,"height":0.09068100000000001}},{"text":"I believe there are a few districts that allow for pro hac vice admission without having to retain local \n counsel. I recall vaguely that the Northern District of Alabama is one of them and was told that pro \n hac vice admission without local counsel is up to the discretion of the individual judges in the \n Southern District of New York.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.488836,"width":0.7576369999999999,"height":0.07219700000000001}},{"text":"Bert Krages, Oregon","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.572472,"width":0.158536,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"Generally, that is true to my understanding. We have federal only practitioners here that are not \n members of the Texas bar. Local rules in federal court may have variances, but otherwise I see it as \n a common matter.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.631715,"width":0.755301,"height":0.053862999999999994}},{"text":"Darrell G. Stewart, Texas","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.697018,"width":0.192544,"height":0.017044999999999977}},{"text":"N.D. TX, which I just checked more or less, randomly, is one district that allows admission without \n requiring the lawyer to be a member of the TX bar. I believe that there are about a dozen others, \n though I haven't done an exact canvass.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.756185,"width":0.7556180000000001,"height":0.053862999999999994}},{"text":"James S. Tyre","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.821488,"width":0.10336399999999998,"height":0.017044999999999977}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}