Attorney’s Excuse From Attendance

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
PROVIDENCE, SC. SUPERIOR COURT
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 95-7
RULES OF PRACTICE
RE: ATTORNEY’S EXCUSE FROM ATTENDANCE
An attorney’s request to be excused from attendance upon the Superior Court shall be made by motion
as provided by Rule of Practice 1.5(B).
An original and two copies of the motion, together with a stamped, self-addressed envelope, shall be
filed with the Office of the Presiding Justice. The attorney requesting the excuse need not file the excuse
in the individual counties or the clerk’s office in the various counties.
The motion shall contain the following information:
1. The period of time for which the excuse is requested.
2. The reason upon which the request is based. Where the motion is based upon a matter which is
personal or confidential in nature, the movant may arrange to meet with the Presiding Justice privately
prior to the filing of the motion.
3. The file number and caption of every cause assigned during the period for which the excuse is
sought and the name of the attorney of record for each of the adverse parties to that cause.
4. Where the cause assigned is a trial on the merits, the movant shall obtain approval to be
excused for the period requested from the justice in charge of the trial calendar.
5. Where the cause assigned is a proceeding preliminary to a trial on the merits, the movant shall
state whether substitute counsel will attend at that proceeding or whether the proceeding will be
continued with the agreement of the attorney of record for the adverse party and, where the justice so
requires, with the agreement of the justice before whom the proceeding is scheduled.
6. Where the movant has no cause assigned during the period for which the excuse is sought, a
representation of that fact shall be made.
7. A certification that the movant has served a copy of the motion on each attorney of record for
each of the adverse parties whose cause is assigned during the period for which the excuse is sought.

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 95-7 (CONTINUED)
An attorney of record for an adverse party who objects to the motion shall file an objection with the
Presiding Justice immediately upon receipt of the motion. The Presiding Justice will conduct a hearing
on the objection.
This administrative order, promulgated in implementation of Rule of Practice 1.5(B), shall become
effective April 1, 1995.
BY ORDER OF,
______________________________
JOSEPH F. RODGERS, JR.
PRESIDING JUSTICE