Rule 8:2. Definitions

(a) Statutory Definitions. The definitions stated in § 16.1-228 are applicable to this Part.

(b) Additional Definitions. The following words and phrases used in this Part are defined as follows:

(1) "Counsel" or "attorney" includes a partnership, a professional corporation or an association of members of the Virginia State Bar practicing under a firm name or governmental agency name.

(2) "Counsel of Record" in any pending case includes an attorney who has signed a pleading in the case or who has notified the clerk or judge that the attorney appears in the case and also includes a guardian ad litem and a party who appears in court pro se. Except as provided by statute, counsel of record may not withdraw from a case except by leave of court with such notice as the court may require to the client of the time and place of a motion for leave to withdraw.

Committee Notes

Last amended by Order dated November 23, 2020; effective March 1, 2021.