Rule 70-4. Time Allowed for Oral Argument; Who May Argue

Argument of any case shall not exceed thirty minutes on each side in the Supreme Court and twenty minutes on each side in the Appellate Court unless the court grants a request for additional time made prior to argument. The court may terminate the argument whenever in its judgment further argument is unnecessary. When a case has multiple parties on the same side, the parties may apportion time for argument as they choose, but counsel of record must provide notice to the court prior to argument. When a party has more than one counsel of record, counsel may file a request by letter with the appellate clerk to allow more than one counsel to present argument for that party. The request must be approved by the court prior to argument. When a party has more than one counsel of record, and counsel not identified as arguing counsel on the brief wishes to argue, the attorney who will be arguing shall file a letter notifying the court of the change prior to argument. When counsel of record has a firm appearance, and an attorney from the appearing firm wishes to argue the appeal but is not identified as the arguing attorney on the brief, the attorney who will be arguing the appeal shall file a letter notifying the court of the change prior to argument. No argument shall be allowed by any party who has not filed a brief or who has not joined in the brief of another party in accordance with Section 67-14 (a).

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 4108.) (Amended Sept. 16, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016; amended Oct. 18, 2016, to take effect Jan. 1, 2017; amended July 23, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020; amended July 19, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended July 23, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)