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2. Withdrawal of Appearance need another member of this Court’s Bar to sign pleadings or enter appearances, and (3) are limited to practice in this Court in only the multi-district litigation proceeding. v) Limitation on Maryland Attorneys. An attorney, who is an active member of the Maryland Bar or maintains any law office in Maryland, is ineligible for admission pro hac vice. For the purposes of this subsection, an attorney shall be deemed to maintain an office in Maryland if a Maryland address is used by that attorney on any document filed in this Court for purposes of satisfying L.R. 102.1.b. However, if an attorney is a member of a law firm having offices in multiple jurisdictions, an attorney who is a member of such a firm shall not be deemed to maintain a law office in Maryland if that attorney does not maintain a regular physical presence in the Maryland office of the firm.

Failure of an attorney to satisfy this continuing requirement may result in the revocation of the attorney’s pro hac vice admission. c) Appearance for Obtaining Deposition Subpoenas Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, it shall not be necessary for counsel to be admitted to the Bar of this Court in order to participate in proceedings to enforce or to quash any subpoena as provided by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45. However, an attorney exempted by this Rule from the requirement of being admitted to the Bar of this Court is subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of this Court. d) Duty to Avoid Scheduling Conflicts Before entering an appearance in a case, counsel must inquire whether any hearing date or a trial date has already been set in the case. If a date has been set and it conflicts with counsel’s schedule in any respect, counsel shall not enter an appearance unless counsel first resolves the conflict by obtaining a continuance of one of the conflicting proceedings or, if counsel is a member of a firm, obtaining the client’s consent to have another member of the firm appear on the client’s behalf. After entering an appearance, counsel has a continuing duty to honor all scheduling commitments made to the Court.

2. Withdrawal of Appearance a) Individuals In the case of an individual, appearance of counsel may be withdrawn only with leave of court and if (1) appearance of other counsel has been entered, or (2) withdrawing counsel files a certificate stating (a) the name and last known address of the client, and (b) that a written notice has been mailed to or otherwise served upon the client at least seven (7) days previously advising the client of counsel’s proposed withdrawal and notifying the client either to have new counsel enter an appearance or to advise the Clerk that the client will be proceeding without counsel. If the withdrawal of counsel’s appearance is permitted, the U.S. District Court of Maryland Local Rules (December 1, 2025) 2