Bucks Cnty. C.P. Rule 200

Rule *200 - Attorneys

1. Rolls of Attorneys.

a) There shall be two separate rolls of attorneys in Bucks County. One

shall consist of attorneys presently admitted to the Bar of Bucks

County and those hereafter admitted to the Bar of Bucks County in

conformity with these rules. The second roll shall consist of those

attorneys who, although not admitted to the Bar of Bucks County,

have been authorized to practice therein by virtue of their compliance

with Rule *200(c) hereinafter set forth. These respective rolls of

attorneys shall be maintained in the office of the prothonotary and

copies thereof shall be furnished to and maintained by the Clerk of

Court, Criminal Division, and the Clerk of Court, Orphans' Court

Division.

2. Requirements for admission to the Bar of Bucks County.

a) Admissions to the Bar of this Court are always at the discretion of the

Court and will be allowed only on motion of a member of the Bar of

this Court in good standing, made in open court, after the applicant

has complied with the requirements of this rule.

b) Every applicant for admission to the Bar of Bucks County shall

present to the Court at the time when his admission is moved, and

thereafter file with the prothonotary:

i. A certificate as provided in Pennsylvania Bar Admission Rule

232(a) that he is a member in good standing of the Bar of the

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or a certificate of the State

Board of Law Examiners (for which a photostatic copy may be

substituted, for the prothonotary's file, after production of the

original) that he is entitled to be admitted to the Bar of the

Supreme Court.

ii. His affidavit setting forth that he is a citizen of the United

States, twenty-one or more years of age, and of good moral

character; that he intends to practice law permanently in this

County; that he now maintains, or, within one month after his

admission, will open or establish and thereafter maintain within

this County his principal office as his place of law practice; that

he fully understands that his principal office shall be the place

where he spends the greater part of his working hours, whether

in the practice of law or otherwise, during the usual business

day, except while in military, public office or governmental

employment; that his principal office shall remain in this

County; and that he thereby agrees that his failure to continue to

comply with said declaration in any respect shall authorize the

Court to strike his name from the roll of attorneys admitted to

the Bar of Bucks County.

iii. The form of oath of office as attorney duly signed by the

applicant.

c) The failure of any attorney to comply with any of the requirements of

the foregoing affidavit shall be considered sufficient cause, after

reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard, for the Court to strike

his name from the roll of attorneys admitted to the Bar of Bucks

County.