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Courthouse Decorum

W.D. Mo. Local Rule 83.3

(a) Addressing the Court. Unless the Court orders otherwise, an attorney must stand while addressing the Court and while examining witnesses. (b) Examining a Witness. Unless the Court orders otherwise, not more than one attorney for each party may examine any one witness. (c) Grand Jury. When a grand jury is convening, no person may remain in a location within the courthouse for the purpose of observing or monitoring persons who enter and leave the grand jury chambers. This prohibition does not apply to: 1. Grand jurors; 2. Witnesses; 3. The Government’s attorneys, agents, and employees; 4. District personnel; 5. Attorneys whose clients were called to appear as witnesses at a grand jury session then in progress or about to commence; and 6. Others specifically authorized by a judge to be present.
Official source: https://www.mow.uscourts.gov/sites/mow/files/DC-Local_Rules-072026.pdf · retrieved 2026-07-23