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In Walker, this court went on to say that the motion for extension of time would be dismissed if the nonresident attorney failed to sign a written statement submitting himself to all disciplinary procedures applicable to Arkansas lawyers within twenty days.
Summary of this case from Preston v. University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesOpinion
No. CR 81-73
Opinion delivered October 19, 1981
COURTS — NON-RESIDENT ATTORNEY, NOT LICENSED IN THIS STATE — COMITY COURTESY ONLY UPON COMPLIANCE WITH RULES. — An attorney who is a non-resident and who is not licensed to practice law in this State will be permitted to appear in the Arkansas courts by comity and courtesy only upon satisfying the conditions set forth in Rule XIV, Ark. Stat. Ann. Vol. 3A (Repl. 1979) which states that a non-resident lawyer will not be permitted to engage in any case in an Arkansas court unless he first signs a written statement, to be filed with the court, in which the non-resident lawyer submits himself to all disciplinary procedures applicable to Arkansas lawyers.
Appellant's motion for extension of time to file brief and appellee's motion to dismiss appeal; appellant's motion passed for 20 days.
Howard, Mann Slaughter, by: George C. Howard, Chicago, Ill., and Claude E. Lynch, Jr., for appellant.
Steve Clark, Att'y. Gen., by: Alice Ann Burns, Asst. Att'y. Gen., and Dennis R. Molock, Deputy Att'y. Gen., for appellee.
The appellant, by his attorney, has filed a motion for an extension of time for the filing of a brief. Appellant's attorney is a non-resident who is not licensed to practice law in this State. A non-resident attorney will be permitted to appear in the Arkansas courts by comity and courtesy only upon satisfying the conditions set forth in Rule XIV, Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, Ark. Stat. Ann. Vol. 3A (Repl. 1979). One of the conditions is:
A non-resident lawyer will not be permitted to engage in any case in an Arkansas court unless he first signs a written statement, to be filed with the court, in which the non-resident lawyer submits himself to all disciplinary procedures applicable to Arkansas lawyers.
The motion will be dismissed for non-compliance with the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar unless the non-resident attorney complies with the rules within twenty days.