PRE-2024 COMMITTEE NOTE
This rule, derived from former Local Criminal Rule 44.1, has been renumbered to place
it in closer proximity to the cross-references in Local Criminal Rule 1.1 to admission to
the bar and withdrawal from a case. Former Local Criminal Rule 44.1(b) has been
stricken. That rule required attorneys to submit a certificate of good standing from at
least one of the states in which the attorney was admitted and was intended to ensure
that criminal defendants are in fact represented by admitted attorneys. However, the
rule only required an attorney to submit such a certificate once and thus does not
Joint Local Rules, S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y.
Effective January 2, 2026
appear to serve a substantially different function from the provisions of Local Civil Rule
1.3 on admission to the bar. In addition, former Local Criminal Rule 44.1(b) did not
appear to be enforced in practice.
