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Important Information:

In order to receive the certificate, you MUST confirm your BBO number and your date of admission to the court.

Notice: Certificates of Good Standing will be sent in PDF format to the email provided below. Please make sure your information is correct.

The fee for a certificate of good standing is $21. You will be directed to the Treasury Department's Internet payment site (Pay.gov) during this process to pay the fee.

If you do not complete the following process entirely, your payment may not be processed and the certificate will not be issued.

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Instructions

  • Enter your first name (optional) and last name (required), OR your federal bar number (same as your state bar number) (required).
  • Click the Search button to search our records for your information.
  • If more than one result appears, check the box next to the row with your information. If our records have out-dated information, please review the frequently asked questions below the search to update your information.
  • For questions about your bar status or the process for requesting a certificate of good standing, please use the Contact Center section at the bottom of this page to contact us.

  • Search by Name

  • Search by Bar Number

Name Address City State Zip Admission Date Bar #

Only active members of this Court's federal bar are eligible to request a certificate of good standing. If you are in an inactive status (failed to re-register, suspended, disbarred, retired, etc.) you will not be able to request a certificate of good standing until you return to active status.

If you recently changed your account information in PACER, please allow a few hours for the system to update after this Court has processed your request. You will be notified by email once your request is processed.

If you are unable to find your name in this search, and you were admitted prior to 2003, it means that you failed to re-register in September of 2023, or your name has been dropped from the Roll of Attorneys for failure to re-register previously.

Please check if you are eligible to re-register here.

In 2003 the United States District Court required all members of the bar to re-register. Public notice was provided through Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, postings on the court's website, and notices mailed to attorneys address on record with this Court. The re-registration period ran from April 2003 through March 16, 2012. Attorneys who failed to comply were put on Inactive status and may not be listed in our database.

Effective March 19, 2012, any attorney currently in an inactive status must apply for admission in the same fashion as any attorney seeking general admission. Information on the admission procedure may be found on the court's website under Attorneys.

If your address needs to be updated, please do not contact the court. Attorneys maintain their contact information through PACER.

To update your address, you must first link your PACER account to your CM/ECF account if it is not linked already. More information on the linking process can be found on our website here. Once the account is linked, you can submit an update request through PACER. Once you've updated your address, you must send the update request to this Court for approval through PACER under the Apply Update to Selected Courts section. Select Massachusetts District Court and submit the request to be processed.

For assistance with your PACER account, please contact the PACER Service Center:
(800) 676-6856
pacer@psc.uscourts.gov

If your name has changed or is spelled incorrectly, please log into Manage PACER Account and update your personal information. Please send an update request to this Court for approval through PACER.

For assistance with your PACER account, please contact the PACER Service Center:
(800) 676-6856
pacer@psc.uscourts.gov

Certificate of Good Standing Request

According to our records, your status is inactive due to failure to re-register.

Please re-register here to activate your status.

Certificate of Good Standing Request

Please provide an email address to receive an email confirmation and receipt.
Optionally, provide an additional email address to receive an email confirmation and receipt.
Not correct? If your name has changed or is spelled incorrectly, please log into PACER and update your name, and submit a request to this Court for approval.
Not correct? If your date of admission is incorrect or missing, please contact the court using the Contact Center at the bottom of this page with your date of admission. Note: The date of admission will appear on the certificate.
Not correct? If your bar is incorrect or missing, please contact the court using the Contact Center at the bottom of this page with your bar number. Note: The bar number will appear on the certificate.

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