Supreme Court of South Carolina

Upon written motion, an attorney who is not admitted to practice law in South Carolina and who is admitted and authorized to practice law in the highest court of another state or the District of Columbia may be admitted pro hac vice in any action or proceeding before a tribunal of this state. Except as provided by Rule 244(d), a person may not be admitted pro hac vice unless a regular member of the South Carolina Bar in good standing is associated as attorney of record with that person.

Rule 404, SCACR, can be found in its entirety here.

Prior to making a motion to be admitted pro hac vice with the tribunal, the applicant shall submit an application to the South Carolina Supreme Court Office of Bar Admissions along with the $250 admission fee using the online application portal ("Application Portal"). The fee shall not be required for pro hac vice admissions under Rule 244(d), SCACR. Upon receipt of the application, the Clerk of the South Carolina Supreme Court shall certify that the application form and fee, if applicable, have been received. The South Carolina attorney of record shall then file with the tribunal the certification and a copy of the completed application along with the motion for admission pro hac vice. The Office of Bar Admissions shall maintain a record of all pro hac vice applications as a public record.

The applicant shall be under a continuing duty to promptly update the information provided in the application until the tribunal has ruled on the motion for admission pro hac vice. Further, if the motion is granted, the attorney admitted pro hac vice shall be under a continuing duty to promptly update the information provided in the application as long as the attorney continues to appear pro hac vice in the action or proceeding. Any updated information shall be provided through the Application Portal and shared with both the tribunal that granted the motion and the tribunal in which the action or proceeding is pending.

Applicants are required to maintain a current e-mail address and mailing address on their personal Supreme Court of South Carolina Office of Bar Admissions Registration Account and to regularly read all mail from this office, whether sent electronically, mailed through the postal service, or uploaded through the Application Portal. Applicants must ensure that e-mails from the Office of Bar Admissions are not filtered as spam and add noreply@scbaradmissions.sccourts.org to their e-mail address book.

1. An attorney appearing pro hac vice is subject to the jurisdiction of the South Carolina courts with respect to South Carolina law governing the conduct of attorneys to the same extent as an attorney admitted to practice law in this state. The attorney shall comply with the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct and is subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
2. An attorney may not appear pro hac vice if the attorney is regularly employed in South Carolina, or is regularly engaged in the practice of law or in substantial business or professional activities in South Carolina, unless the attorney has filed an application for admission under Rule 402, SCACR. An attorney who files more than six applications for admission pro hac vice in a calendar year, including applications for purposes of Rule 404(k), is considered regularly engaged in the practice of law in South Carolina.
3. The South Carolina attorney of record associated with applicant must be Rule 403 certified. The South Carolina attorney of record shall at all times be prepared to go forward with the case; sign all papers subsequently filed; and attend all subsequent proceedings in the matter, unless the tribunal specifically excuses the South Carolina attorney of record from attendance.

• Case Number
• Tribunal name and mailing address
• Admission dates for all courts to which applicant is/was admitted including all federal and state courts
• Certificate of good standing dated within the last 90 days from the bar of the highest court of the District of Columbia or the state where applicant regularly practices law
• South Carolina attorney of record's name, law firm name, law firm address, phone numbers, and South Carolina bar number
• If the applicant has previously filed an application to appear pro hac vice in South Carolina, the applicant will need to know previous case names and status of litigation, date of each application, South Carolina attorney of record in each case, and whether the application is pending or was granted, denied, or withdrawn.