Red Roof Inns, Inc.; Red Roof Franchising, LLC; Sandra Wunderlich; and Stephanie Rzepka v. Jane Doe, as Parent and…

Summary

The court held that orders denying out-of-state attorneys pro hac vice admission are immediately appealable because they prevent the attorneys from representing the party and deprive the party of counsel of its choice. Applying abuse-of-discretion review, the court concluded that the circuit court improperly denied admission solely because the attorneys' names appeared beneath Arkansas counsel's signature block when their nonresident status and forthcoming petitions were clearly identified. The court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.