Rule 1012 - Entry Of Appearance(a) All appearances shall be entered by praecipe and filed with the Prothonotary, or, in cases involving support, the Domestic Relations Section. Where there are several plaintiffs or defendants, an appearance shall be deemed for all unless expressly restricted. No attorney shall be permitted to appear before the Court in any conference, motion, hearing, trial, or other proceedings without first entering an appearance on behalf of a party.(b) The Prothonotary, or Domestic Relations Section, shall not permit any paper to be filed unless at least one of the attorneys signing it shall have been admitted to practice before the bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and any paper or praecipe filed in violation of this rule shall be suppressed.(c) No Clerk of Court, Prothonotary, or Sheriff, or deputy of such officers shall practice in a civil or criminal action in this judicial district. No Clerk of the Orphans' Court, Register of Wills, or deputy of such office shall practice before the Orphans' Court Division. No court reporter or recorder, stenographer, law clerk, employee, or administrator of this Court shall enter an appearance or otherwise practice in this judicial district.Amended effective 1/1/2022