Signatures

(a) General. Except for documents filed pro se and those provided for in subsection (b), all original pleadings or other papers filed in a case will bear the signature of at least one counsel who is a member of this Court’s Bar and who is participating in the case. The name, address, email address, telephone number, Court Bar number, and grade, if any, of the person signing, together with the capacity in which such counsel signs the paper, will be included. Counsel’s signature will constitute a certificate that the statements made in the pleading or paper are true and correct to the best of the counsel’s knowledge, information, or belief, and that the pleading or paper is filed in good faith and not for the purpose of unnecessary delay. A counsel who signs a pleading “for” some other counsel whose name is typed under such signature must, in addition, affix their own signature in a separate signature block with their own name, address, email address, telephone number, Court Bar number, and grade, if any, typed thereunder. An electronic filing must contain the electronic, digital, or conformed (“/s/”) signature of the attorney of record. (b) Exception. If the counsel signing a pleading or paper presented to the Clerk’s office for filing is not a member of the Bar of the Court, the Court will accept the pleading or paper as if such counsel were a member. However, within twenty-eight days after pleading is filed, such counsel must, as a prerequisite to continuing in the case as counsel of record, apply for admission to the Bar of this Court or move to appear pro hac vice under Rule 13. (c) A person’s electronic signature, a digital signature, or a conformed signature (“/s/”) authorized by that person, together with that person’s name on a signature block, constitutes the person’s signature.