Filing a Notice of
Change of Address

Requirements for attorney change of address:

An attorney whose mailing address, telephone or fax number has changed, he/she must change their address on the PACER system and shall timely file a Notice of Change of Address in every active case in which that attorney is the attorney of record [See Local Rule 1.3(d)]. If the attorney has no open cases, he/she must change their address on the PACER system only.

In Pacer when updating an address change:

If an attorney has changed law firms or agency and is not taking their pending cases to the new law firm or agency they must select "None" from the "Apply To" drop down menu.

If an attorney has changed law firms and is taking their pending cases to the new law firm they must select"Open Cases" from the "Apply To" drop down menu.

If an attorney's law firm address (only) has changed but not the firm name; and the attorney has never practiced at another firm they must select"All Cases" from the "Apply To" drop down menu.

Each Attorney is required to login into the PACER system using their own login and password to change their email address. Secondarily e-mail address management is done locally at ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov under Utilities > Maintain User Account.

I. To File a Notice of Change of Address in a Non-ECF case:

• Complete the Notice of Change of Address form to request a Notice of Change of Address for actions pending at the United States District Court Southern District of New York.
• Save the completed Notice of Change of Address form.
• Print the form.
• Sign the form.
• Mail the completed form to Attorney Services.
• Serve a copy of the Notice of Change of Address on all other parties.

II. To File a Notice of Change of Address in an ECF Case:

• Complete the Notice of Change of Address form to request a Notice of Change of Address for actions pending at the United States District Court Southern District of New York.
• Print the form.
• Sign the form.
• Scan the form and save it as a PDF file.
• Log into the ECF System.
• Change your e-mail address, if applicable. (see **NOTE below)
• Electronically file the completed Notice of Change of Address form, using the event "Notice of Change of Address" located under the Notice category on the Civil Menu page if this a Civil Case and the Criminal Menu page if this is a Criminal Case.
• Attach the pdf of the form to your docket entry.
• Review the Notice of Electronic Filing generated from filing the Notice of Change of Address. Serve a copy of the Notice of Change of Address on all other parties, who will not be electronically served.

**NOTE: If this Notice of Change of Address involves a change of the e-mail address, you must change the e-mail address first on the system before electronically filing the Notice of Change of Address form. Failure to do so will result in the delivery failure of the Notice of Electronic Filing to the old e-mail address.

To change the e-mail address:

• Log into the ECF System.
• Click on the Utilities menu option.
• Click on Maintain Your E-mail menu option, then
• Click on your email address.
• Backspace and clear out the old email address.
• Type in the new e-mail address.
• Click the "Submit All Changes" button.