Ga. Ct. App. R. 2
All filings, including, but not limited to, documents, motions, briefs, requests, applications, and communications relating to appeals shall be in writing and legible; shall be filed with the Clerk's office; shall be signed, as further specified in subsections (1) and (2), by an attorney of record, an attorney granted courtesy appearance, or pro se party; shall include the mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address, if any, of the attorney or the pro se party signing the document; shall include the State Bar of Georgia membership number of all submitting attorneys; and shall show that copies have been served upon opposing counsel in accordance with Rule 6, Copies and Certificate of Service. If, pursuant to Rule 9(h), a Registered Law Student or Registered Law School Graduate co-authors a filing or pleading, the filing shall disclose such status and be co-signed by the supervising attorney (as specified in Rule 9(h)) . Filings or communications with the Court by corporate entities, including all classes of corporations and partnerships, professional associations, and limited liability companies, must be signed by an attorney authorized to practice before the Court.
Signatures on pro se paper filings must be handwritten by the submitting individual. Paper documents with conformed or stamped signatures shall not be accepted.
There shall be no communications relating to pending cases to any judge or member of the judge's staff.
All documents filed with the Court shall be on letter size (8 1/2 " x 11") white paper or in a searchable portable document format (PDF). All documents filed on paper (i.e., filings not electronically filed) shall be typed or printed on non-transparent white paper.
All documents filed with the Court shall have no less than double spacing between the lines, excluding block quotations, headings, captions, and footnotes.
Computer-generated documents must use a serif, proportionally spaced typeface of 14-point or larger. (Examples of compliant typefaces include Times New Roman and Century Schoolbook.) Sans-serif fonts may be used in headings and captions. A monospaced typeface (e.g., Courier) must not be used in computer-generated documents. Text must be set in plain, Roman style, although italics or boldface may be used for emphasis. Case names may be italicized or underlined. For documents prepared with a typewriter, the font size shall be no smaller than 10 characters per inch.
Any documents that do not comply with the Court rules may be returned to counsel with notice of the defect of the pleading, and/or counsel may be ordered to redact and recast them.
All reference to counsel in these rules shall include pro se parties and any Registered Law Students and Registered Law School Graduates and their supervising attorneys pursuant to Rule 9(h).
The Court does not accept facsimile filings.
A party desiring to obtain a return copy of a paper document stamped as "filed" must provide an extra copy of the document and a pre-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient postage.
Ga. Ct. App. 2