A Nevada Motion for Permission to Practice Pro HAC Vice and Designation of Local Counsel is a motion that must be filed in Nevada in order to allow an attorney who is not licensed in the state to practice law in a specific court case. This motion must also designate a local Nevada counsel to appear on behalf of the attorney in court. There are two types of Nevada Motion for Permission to Practice Pro HAC Vice and Designation of Local Counsel. The first is a “Motion to AppeaPreachac Vice” which must be filed by the out-of-state attorney. The second is a “Designation of Local Counsel” which is filed by the local Nevada counsel. Both motions must be filed in the court where the case is being heard.
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Pro hac vice admission in Nevada requires a Verified Application, a Certificate of Good Standing from the applicant's home state, and a Motion to Associate with Proposed Order.
Rule 3.7 - Lawyer as Witness (a) A lawyer shall not act as advocate at a trial in which the lawyer is likely to be a necessary witness unless: (1) The testimony relates to an uncontested issue; (2) The testimony relates to the nature and value of legal services rendered in the case; or (3) Disqualification of the
Nevada is an anti-competitive state. To protect in-state attorneys, the legal system here does not have any reciprocity. Being admitted to practice in any of the other forty-nine states does not enable you to get reciprocity nor allow you to practice in Nevada without special permission.
Rule 42 - Voluntary Dismissal (a) Reserved. (b) Dismissal in the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals. The Clerk may dismiss an appeal or other proceeding if the parties file a signed dismissal agreement specifying how costs are to be paid and pay any fees that are due.
A party wishing to exercise the right to change of judge shall file a pleading entitled "Peremptory Challenge of Judge." The notice may be signed by a party or by an attorney, it shall state the name of the judge to be changed, and it shall neither specify grounds, nor be accompanied by an affidavit.
Nevada Supreme Court Rule 49.1(1)(h) provides for limited practice of an attorney who is admitted to practice law in another U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia, who who is employed exclusively as in-house counsel for a single corporation (including its subsidiaries and affiliates), association,
In almost all U.S. jurisdictions, attorneys who practice pro hac vice must do so with a local lawyer acting as local counsel. Pro hac vice admission is older than the Republic. It was employed in Crown v. Peter Zenger, the 1735 free speech case.
Rule 7. Use of sealed records on appeal. A civil court record or any portion of it that was sealed in the trial court shall be made available to the Nevada Supreme Court in the event of an appeal.
