LOCAL COURT RULES - Western District of Oklahoma

In the event a party should change counsel or add counsel, the new or additional counsel
for such party shall enter an appearance by signing and filing an entry of appearance on the
form prescribed by the Clerk of this Court.
LCvR83.5 Attorney Withdrawal From Case.
In civil cases, attorneys of record shall not withdraw from the case except by leave of
the judge to whom the case is assigned, upon reasonable notice to the client and all other
parties who have appeared in the case. Withdrawal of counsel may be granted subject to the
conditions stated by the Court, including the condition that subsequent papers may continue
to be served upon counsel for forwarding purposes or upon the Clerk of the Court, as the Court
may direct, unless and until the client appears by other counsel or pro se, and any notice to the
client shall so state and any filed consent of the client shall so acknowledge.
LCvR83.6 Discipline by the Court.
(a) Discipline by Other Courts; Criminal Convictions. Whenever it appears to
the Court that any member admitted to practice in this Court, including those persons admitted
pro hac vice, has been suspended, disbarred, or resigned pending disciplinary proceedings from
the practice of law by the Supreme Court of Oklahoma or by any other court of competent
jurisdiction or has been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude in any
court, such disbarment, suspension, or conviction shall operate as an automatic disbarment of
the attorney’s right to practice in this Court, and an order of disbarment shall be issued by the
Court. The order of disbarment shall remain in effect unless, within 30 days from the date of
the order of disbarment, the attorney has, by motion to the Court, shown good cause as to why
disbarment should not be imposed.
(b) Standard Governing Attorney Conduct. The Court adopts the Oklahoma
Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted and amended from time to time by the Supreme
Court of Oklahoma as the standard governing attorney conduct in this Court.
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