Answers out-of-state counsel actually ask for.

Yes in Florida state court. Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.510(a) permits an out-of-state attorney to appear pro hac vice only “provided that a member of The Florida Bar in good standing is associated as an attorney of record.” That Florida lawyer signs the verified motion and becomes counsel of record.

In federal court it depends on the district. The Southern District of Florida requires it — Special Rule 4(b) has the motion filed and served by co-counsel admitted in that district. The Middle and Northern Districts do not require local counsel at all.

No. Until The Florida Bar issues your pro hac vice number, every document — including the motion that would admit you — must be e-filed through the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal by the Florida attorney designated in the motion. The Bar issues the number only after it receives a copy of the motion and the $250 fee.

The same trap exists in the Southern District of Florida, where an attorney admitted pro hac vice is expressly not permitted to register as a CM/ECF user.

In state court: $250 per lawyer, per case, to The Florida Bar, plus a $100 statutory clerk fee under Fla. Stat. § 28.241(6). Three lawyers on one case means $750 to the Bar.

In federal court the Florida Bar fee does not apply. Each district charges its own: $250 in the Southern District, $150 in the Middle District, $219 in the Northern District.

None of that is my fee. I quote mine separately and in writing before there is an engagement letter.

More than three appearances in separate cases within a 365-day period is presumed to be a “general practice,” which Rule 2.510 does not permit. Two things soften it: appearances at different levels of the court system in the same case count as one appearance, and the count is of initial appearances only, not every filing.

If you are near the line, say so in the first email. It changes what we file and when.

Nothing. You keep the client, the strategy, and the merits. My role is Florida counsel of record — signing and filing the admission motion, keeping filings compliant with Florida procedure, and appearing when the court needs a Florida lawyer in the room.

The engagement letter says so in writing, along with who bills whom, before either of us signs.

Conflicts run first, and you get an answer within one business day — including when the answer is that I have a conflict and cannot take it. Engagement letter and quote follow the same day conflicts clear; the verified motion follows shortly after.

If your deadline is shorter than that, call (561) 308-9119 and say it is a pro hac vice deadline.

Yes. My separate practice is student–university litigation — academic dismissal, Title IX, Section 504 and ADA accommodations, FERPA, and professionalism findings — at astudentslawyer.com. Out-of-state firms with a Florida student or higher-education matter can retain me as local counsel or as co-counsel on the merits.

Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 1-3.10(d) authorizes one, and 1-3.10(e) — effective October 27, 2025 — requires a lawyer admitted pro hac vice to report status to the Bar annually and to report withdrawal or conclusion within 30 days.

The Bar has not published the renewal amount on its public pro hac vice page as of August 2026. Confirm the current figure with PHV Admissions at 850-561-5831 rather than relying on a number found online — including this one.

Yes. Rule 2.510(a) requires application “in each court in which a case is filed even if a lower tribunal granted a motion to appear in the same case.” The relief is on the counting side: trial court and appellate court in the same case are one appearance for the three-per-365 presumption.

The verified motion form appended to Rule 2.510 directs service on PHV Admissions, The Florida Bar, 651 East Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2333. The Bar’s own pro hac vice page gives 32399-2300 for the same office. Both are published as current — use the zip on the form you are filing, and call 850-561-5831 to confirm if the timing is tight.

Flat, per appearance, or hourly and monthly, depending on the scope. The number goes to you in writing before there is an engagement letter, so you can get client approval before committing.

There is no price list on the site because a one-attorney uncontested admission and a three-attorney emergency admission are not the same job. Send the matter and you will have a real number within one business day.

Yes. Motion calendar, special-set hearings, case management and status conferences, depositions, and second chair at trial — quoted per appearance, with travel identified separately rather than buried in the rate.

I am admitted in the District of Colorado, the District of Nebraska, and the Western District of Wisconsin in addition to all three Florida districts and the Eleventh Circuit. That is occasionally useful when a Florida case has a sibling somewhere else. My state license is Florida only.

Appearances by out-of-state lawyers in Florida arbitrations run under Rule Regulating The Florida Bar 1-3.11 — a verified statement rather than a court motion. The October 2025 amendments added annual fee and reporting duties there too. Ask before assuming the court rule carries over.