Talk:Pro hac vice

I don’t have time for it right now, but someone should add mention of Philip J. Hirschkop who "Argued the cause for the appellants pro hac vice, by special leave of Court" in Loving v. Virginia[1]. Presumably, that’s a much more significant real‐life case than the one mentioned in the article.

Also, if the currently mentioned case stays in, the formal name of the case should be used instead of the roundabout description currently in place: “a lawsuit against the tobacco industry filed by Marsha F. and Richard Doolittle in New Jersey in 2002.” —Patrick Garies 02:02, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

[1] http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1966/1966_395

Pronunciation
An anonymous editor recently changed the pronunciation guide from "pro hack vee-chay" to "pro hack wee-chay", since the ancient Romans allegedly pronounced V as W. Be that as it may, I contend that the guide should reflect the modern English pronunciation, as we are dealing with a Latin phrase that has been incorporated with the English language.

I furthermore suggest that the syllabic denotation be replaced by the more conventional (and universal) symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

IPA: [prəʊ hæk 'vi:tʃei]

Any objections?

/Jonte93 (talk) 18:32, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Fees
In reference to "pay a small fee to the local bar association", and unsigned comment in the article asked:
 * Would that be the same BA giving him the recommendation, or the foreign BA, the one that is "local" to the court he is appearing in?

That would be a fee to the bar of the court which the pro hac vice motion is before. Though the fee is not exclusively to the bar; the federal courts themselves may (and do) charge a filing fee, and presumably some state courts may as well. So I'm removing much of that text while adding fee examples. jhawkinson (talk) 07:42, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

"New York City federal court"
Fixed the wording after it listed the example of $200 fees paid to 'New York City federal court', which don't exist. The City has within its boundaries federal district courts (Southern District located in Manhattan and Eastern District located in Brooklyn), which each have jurisdiction far outside the borders of New York City. To say 'New York City federal courts' implies that New York City has its own federal courts, which is false. This is not the same as United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which does in fact hear cases only for the District of Columbia. Grammarcop1 (talk) 17:09, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
 * I fixed this -- Notecardforfree (talk) 04:49, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

In Fiction
The "In Fiction" section doesn't seem particularly encylopedic. Does anyone want to make the case for keeping it? jhawkinson (talk) 03:23, 28 May 2016 (UTC)


 * ✅ jhawkinson (talk) 10:36, 30 May 2016 (UTC)