Willett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “A lawyer residing outside the State of Arkansas who has been admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of the United States or in the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the attorney resides or in the Supreme Court or the highest appellate •court of the state of the attorney’s residence, and who is in good standing in the court of the attorney’s admission, will be permitted by comity and by courtesy to appear, file pleadings and conduct the trial of cases in all courts of the State of Arkansas. However, any trial court may require such nonresident attorney to associate a lawyer residing and admitted to practice in the State of Arkansas upon whom notices may be served and may also require that the Arkansas lawyer associated be responsible to the court in which the case is pending for the progress of the case, insofar as the interest represented by the Arkansas lawyer and the nonresident lawyer is concerned. Unless the State in which the said nonresident lawyer resides likewise accords similar comity and courtesy to Arkansas lawyers who may desire to appear and conduct cases in the courts of that State, this privilege will not be extended to such nonresident lawyer. A nonresident lawyer will not be permitted to engage in any case in an Arkansas court unless a written statement is filed with the court in which the nonresident lawyer submits to all disciplinary procedures applicable to Arkansas lawyers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McKenzie v. State

2. “The motion to admit Mr. Sullivan is denied because it is deficient in two respects. First, the rule permits the admission pro hac vice of nonresident attorneys licensed in states that grant comity to Arkansas attorneys, but neither the motion nor the affidavit mentions whether Texas courts would allow Arkansas attorneys to appear by comity in an instance similar to this one. Second, [Mr. Sullivan’s] motion and affidavit do not state that [he] is “[a] lawyer residing outside the State of Arkansas,” and that is [Rule XIV’s] initial requirement. Mr. Sullivan’s statement that he is a teacher at the UALR School of Law suggests that he resides in this State. The reason that attorneys seeking to be admitted pro hac vice, based upon comity, must be nonresidents is to prevent attorneys who are not licensed in Arkansas from practicing law here ad hoc. If residents licensed elsewhere were permitted to practice in that manner, the exception could easily swallow the rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Tobacco Superstore, Inc. v. Darrough

3. “While there is little doubt that [the nonresident attorney] is qualified to represent [appellant], it is equally apparent that there is a lack of compliance with Rule XIV, and we have before us neither argument nor citation to authority suggesting that there is or should be an exception in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Preston v. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences