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Courts: Dress Code

All persons, whether lawyers, parties, witnesses, jurors, or spectators, conducting business, participating in trials, or otherwise attending proceedings in the courtroom shall be dressed appropriately so as to maintain the dignity, integrity, decorum, seriousness, and professional atmosphere of the Court and the administration of justice. As minimum standards, the following rules apply:

  • All attorneys shall wear professional and appropriate attire.
  • No clothing that depicts alcohol, drugs, or tobacco.
  • No clothing that promotes violence or is lewd, offensive, vulgar, or contains obscene language.
  • No hats or caps.
  • No pants that are excessively long or sag below the top of the hip line.
    No shorts, short dresses or short skirts.
  • No sunglasses.
  • No tube-tops, halters, half shirts, muscle shirts, crop tops or any shirt that allows the navel or a bra to show.
  • No underclothing shall be visible at any time.
  • No jeans with holes.
  • No jeans embellished with spangles, beads, rhinestones etc.

If you are not properly dressed, you will be asked to leave court and a Failure to Appear warrant may issue for your arrest