Fee for Admission to Practice:

The fee for permanent attorney admission to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is $150.00. See LR Civ P 83.1 and LR Cr P 44.1.

The fee for a visiting attorney to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia is $50.00 per appearance. The attorney shall be permitted to appear as a Visiting Attorney in a particular case in association with a Sponsoring Attorney and shall file the Statement of Visiting Attorney form available on this Court’s website. See LR Civ P 83.6 and LR Cr P 44.6. [Note: A motion to appear pro hac vice is no longer necessary.]

In addition to the district court visiting attorney fee, the visiting attorney is also responsible for the payment of the West Virginia State Bar pro hac vice fee imposed by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. This fee is payable to the West Virginia State Bar and is not payable to the Clerk of the District Court. The fee must be paid to the West Virginia State Bar prior to the filing of the
Statement of Visiting Attorney form with our Court.

The address for the West Virginia State Bar is: 2006 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, WV 25311. The telephone number is 304/558-2456. The web site address is: http://www.wvbar.org.