Managing Attorneys on a Case

Attorneys representing case participants, either privately or by appointment, should be added and maintained, as needed. Attorneys are not added to the case upon initial case creation. Therefore, they should be added at any point thereafter.

Adding an Attorney to a Case

To add an attorney to a case, perform the following:

Under Find a Case on your Dashboard, enter the case number and press ENTER. Optionally, if the case number is not readily available, click the Advanced Search link to locate the case. The GTS Case screen opens.

Under the Attorneys tab, click the Attorney Search icon above the grid. The Add/Edit Attorney Details popup displays.

The Search By dropdown defaults to 'Person' and cannot be changed.

Enter the attorney's Last Name and First Name.

Click the SEARCH button.

Review the search results and perform one of the following:

a.	If the attorney is found, click the radio button in the first column of the results grid and click SELECT.
b.	If the participant is not found, try entering different search criteria and searching again. Sometimes using less search criteria can be more effective.
c.	If the attorney is acting as a certified legal intern or Pro Hac Vice on the case and they are not found, you can create a new attorney participant record. For more information, see Creating Attorney Participant Records.

For the Representing field, select the case participant that the attorney is representing. If the case participant is not listed, they have not yet been added to the case. Click the "X" in the upper right corner of the Add/Edit Attorney Details popup and add the case participant first. For more information, see Adding Case Participants. Once the participant is on the case, begin this process again at Step 2 above.

If the attorney is court-appointed, click the Appointed by Court checkbox. The remaining fields are enabled and required.

If appointed, enter the Appointment Date.

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If the appointment is being paid for by the county, select the Paid by County checkbox.

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Click the SAVE button. You are returned to the GTS Case screen and the attorney displays in the grid.

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If the same or another attorney is representing other case participants, repeat steps 2 to 11 for each.

Removing Attorneys from a Case

If an attorney was added in error, they can be removed.

1.	Under Find a Case on your Dashboard, enter the case number and press ENTER. Optionally, if the case number is not readily available, click the Advanced Search link to locate the case. The GTS Case screen opens.
2.	Under the Attorneys tab, locate the attorney that needs to be deleted and click the Delete icon in the grid. If this button is disabled, the attorney has been used for a filing or other critical GTS case function and cannot be removed.
3.	On the confirmation message that displays, click the OK button. The attorney is removed.