STATE OF NEW YORK
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4938
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to limited
scope appearances
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 321 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision (d) to read as follows:
3 (d) Limited scope appearance. 1. An attorney may appear on behalf of a
4 party in a civil action or proceeding for limited purposes. Whenever an
5 attorney appears for limited purposes, a notice of limited scope appear-
6 ance shall be filed in addition to any self-represented appearance that
7 the party may have already filed with the court. The notice of limited
8 scope appearance shall be signed by the attorney entering the limited
9 scope appearance and shall define the purposes for which the attorney is
10 appearing. Upon such filing, and unless otherwise directed by the court,
11 the attorney shall be entitled to appear for the defined purposes.
12 2. Unless otherwise directed by the court upon a finding of extraor-
13 dinary circumstances and for good cause shown, upon completion of the
14 purposes for which the attorney has filed a limited scope appearance,
15 the attorney shall file a notice of completion of limited scope appear-
16 ance which shall constitute the attorney's withdrawal from the action or
17 proceeding.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08959-01-1
