UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF VERMONT Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Registration Instructions The CM/ECF registration form contains three sections, which all attorneys are required to complete: 1. Attorney Bar Membership Information 2. Credit Card Authorization 3. E-Mail Notification Waiver After completing the forms, please furnish your notarized signature in the space provided. The court will issue your CM/ECF User ID and Password to you after you meet the following two requirements: 1. submission of a properly completed registration form to the court; and 2. satisfactory completion of court-approved training. These forms must be delivered either in person or by first class U.S. mail to the following address: Physical Address (for delivery in-person or by courier): U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont 67 Merchants Row Rutland, VT 05701 Mailing Address: U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont P.O. Box 6648 Rutland, VT 05702-6648 You may also fax the completed registration form to 802-776-2020. Version August 2006 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF VERMONT Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Attorney Bar Membership Information Vermont Federal Bar Membership You must be a member in good standing of the Vermont Federal Bar or must have been admitted pro hac vice for a particular case in order to participate in CM/ECF. Either the Vermont Federal Bar identification number or the case number for which you have been admitted pro hac vice is required. Your signature at the end of this form affirms your Bar membership or your pro hac vice status. Please read the following information carefully before completing this form. Please Print or Type the following information. All fields are required. Call 802-776-2000 if you have any questions. First Name Middle Name Last Name I am a member of the Vermont Federal Bar I have been Admitted pro hac vice Case Number: Mailing Address: City: State: Zip/Postal Code: Phone Number: Fax Number: E-Mail Address: The court uses the information provided above when issuing an attorney a CM/ECF User ID and password. Registered users are responsible for maintaining current address, phone number, and e-mail information both in their online CM/ECF User Account Profile and by notifying the court in writing Use of the CM/ECF password constitutes the registered user's signature on the document being submitted to the court. If a registered user submits a document required to be executed by another party, it is the registered user's responsibility to maintain a copy of the document bearing that party's original signature (see Vt. LBR 9011-1(b)). On the filed document, an electronic signature shall be indicated by “/s/” and the typed name of the person signing (e.g. “/s/ Jane Smith”). Page 1 of 4 Version August 2006 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF VERMONT Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Credit Card Authorization Attorney participants in CM/ECF must authorize the court to charge a credit card (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, or Diners Club) to pay any court fees required under 28 U.S.C. § 1930 when documents are filed electronically. Please provide the requested information below for at least one credit card. If possible, also provide information for a second credit card, to be used as an alternate in the event there is a problem with the primary card. The attorney participant's signature at the end of this form constitutes authorization to charge the card(s). Please PRINT or TYPE the Following Information: PRIMARY CREDIT CARD (Choose One): VISA MasterCard American Express Discover Diners Club Discover Diners Club Name as it appears on the card: Card Number: Expiration Date: Other Authorized Users:: Printed Name Signature Printed Name Signature Printed Name Signature Primary Owner of Card: ALTERNATE CREDIT CARD (Choose One): VISA MasterCard American Express Name as it appears on the card: Card Number: Expiration Date: Other Authorized Users:: Printed Name Signature Printed Name Signature Printed Name Signature Primary Owner of Card: NOTE: It is the responsibility of the cardholder to notify the Clerk's Office, in writing, of the new expiration date when a credit card has been renewed, or if a card has been canceled, revoked, stolen, or if the card should no longer be used for any other reason. Page 2 of 4 Version August 2006 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF VERMONT Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) E-Mail Notification Waiver Registered users are required to accept service and notice electronically (via e-mail) from the Court. This waives the registered user's right to service and notice by personal service, mail, or other methods as authorized by the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and this court's local rules for all documents filed and entered on the docket in any case, whether submitted by a party or issued by the Court. The e-mail address(es) entered into a registered user's CM/ECF User Profile is/are the address(es) to which electronic e-mail notification will be sent. Please read these provisions carefully, print or type your name in the appropriate space and sign on the line below. I understand that I, myself, control via the “Email Information” section of my CM/ECF account in the Utilities menu of CM/ECF, how I will receive e-mail notification and to which e-mail address(es) the notification will be sent, and that I am voluntarily and knowingly: 1. NOT waiving any right to service in regard to service of a summons and complaint as required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7004; 2. agreeing to receive notice electronically (via e-mail) from the Court of all documents filed and entered on the docket, whether submitted by a party or issued by the Court; 3. agreeing that the CM/ECF system's automatic transmission of the “Notice of Electronic Filing” shall be considered equivalent to service of the pleading or other paper by first class mail, postage prepaid; 4. waiving the right to service and notice by personal service, mail, or other methods as authorized by the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and this court's local rules for all documents filed and entered on the docket in any case whether submitted by a party or issued by the Court and understand that I will instead receive electronic notice; and 5. waiving the right to receive notice of entry of orders and judgment under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9022 and understand that I will instead receive notice electronically. I further acknowledge that I have read and understand the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Vermont Local Rules as they pertain to electronic filing. Printed Name Date Signature Page 3 of 4 Version August 2006 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF VERMONT By signing and submitting this CM/ECF Attorney Registration Form, I affirm that I 1. understand the foregoing provisions; 2. am a member of the Vermont Federal Bar or have pro hac vice status; and 3. authorize the U.S Bankruptcy Court, District of Vermont to charge the credit card(s) listed herein for court fees pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930. Attorney's Name (printed or typed) STATE OF Attorney's Signature ) ) SS. ) COUNTY OF At on this day of , 20 personally appeared before me and acknowledged this instrument, by him/her subscribed, to be his/her free act and deed. , Before me: Notary Public My commission expires: Page 4 of 4 Version August 2006 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkflow.com