Attorneys must electronically sign documents using a digital signature, a scanned signature or the “/s/” method. Rule 5(e)(2)(B)(ii) has been amended to permit "/s/" on the signature line of efiled documents without the name. The attorney who authorized or filed the document shall be deemed to have signed the document for Rule 11 purposes. The filing attorney's name must appear below the line, along with the attorney's address, telephone number, email address and Bar number. Rule 11(a) was also amended to incorporate this change by Rule Promulgation Order 07-03.

For example:

/s/__________                           
John Smith, DC BAR Number: 999999
Smith & Jones, LLC
1200 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 879-0000
john.smith@example.com

Be sure to include your email address in your signature block

The time stamp of the filing is captured when the filer submits an electronic document through their EFSP (not accepted, but filed). The document is also deemed served upon submission.

Attorneys must have a DC bar number to register. Those attorneys filing Pro Hac Vice, must register with the bar number “999999”

Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, an original of all documents filed electronically, shall be maintained by the party filing

Any filing, 25 pages or less, may be in eFiled in the first field which is titled “Lead Document File Name” on CFX screen. If you use the first field only for such documents, you must make all parts of the filing into one document.  For example, the motion, points and authorities, any exhibits, proposed order and certificate of service must be made into one document prior to uploading and not exceed 25 pages

If the filing exceeds 25 pages, upload the lead document into the first field which is titled “Lead Document File Name” on the CFX screen– i.e. the Motion, Notice, Praecipe, Opposition, etc. Upload into the second field, which is titled “Attachment File Names” on the CFX screen, all other documents of the filing (such as the points and authorities, exhibits, affidavits, proposed order and certificate of service).  These can be separate documents or one pdf when uploaded.  If separate documents are uploaded then you must use the “merge” button on the CFX screen to merge all supporting documents into one pdf or the clerk will reject the filing.

Please email an additional copy of your proposed order in native format (i.e. Microsoft Word or Word Perfect) to the judge on your case to their eservice email after eFiling your case to the clerk through CaseFileXpress. The judges’ email addresses follow the format of: judge[last name]eserve@dcsc.gov or magistratejudge[last name]eserve@dcsc.gov). Please note that hypens in last names are removed from the eserve email addresses. For example, Judge Duncan-Peters’ email address is judgeduncanpeterseserve@dcsc.gov. For a list of the judges’ eserve email addresses, please see the table above. The subject line of the email should contain only case number followed by the case name. (see specific judge email address in judicial assignment table above).

If your filing exceeds 25 pages, please mail a paper copy of the filing to the judge’s chambers and include mailing labels to all unrepresented parties