Certificate of Good Standing  🔗 **Source:** [Certificate of Good Standing](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.407.1.pdf) > [!note]+ Document Notes > --- > tags: [pro-hac-vice, attorney-admission, certificate-of-good-standing, court-exhibits, wpengine-v-automattic] > author: Susanna M. Rojas, Clerk, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department > source: CourtListener RECAP (N.D. Cal. 3:24-cv-06917-AMO) > reference: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.407.1.pdf > date created: 2026-09-30 09:19 > --- > > [!info] Generated analysis — not the author's words. Sections below are machine-written > > from the captured source. Only text inside `> [!quote]` blocks is verbatim from the author. > > Do not quote or attribute any other line to the named author. > <!-- deep-read: light-touch --> Short court exhibit (148 words, 7 paragraphs); not a full deep-read. > # 🏷️ Title: Certificate of Good Standing > ## 📝 Summary > - **What it is.** Dkt. 407-1, an attachment to Dkt. 407 in WPEngine, Inc. v. Automattic Inc. (N.D. Cal., Case No. 3:24-cv-06917-AMO). It is a one-page certificate from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department (¶0). > - **Who certifies whom.** Susanna M. Rojas, Clerk of that court, certifies that Eudokia Spanos is an attorney in good standing (¶1 to ¶3). The Clerk signs "In Witness Whereof" in New York City on September 21, 2026 (¶4). > - **What it says.** The text states that Spanos was admitted to practice in all New York State courts on May 14, 2012, took the oath of office, is enrolled in the Roll of Attorneys and Counselors at Law, is registered with the Office of Court Administration, and is currently in good standing (¶3). > - **Purpose.** The text never mentions a pro hac vice application, the federal case, or any purpose. The link to a pro hac vice application comes from the docket metadata the task supplied (an attachment to Dkt. 407), not from this page. > - **Analytic value.** Low. It is a certification form with no argument, claim, or ruling. It has no bearing on the merits of the case. > - **Extraction note.** The text is a PDF-to-text conversion. The last paragraph (¶6) is a certificate identifier string, which this analysis omits as a document identifier. > ## 📖 Main content > The certificate has seven paragraphs. Paragraph 0 names the issuing court. Paragraph 1 is the Clerk's certification clause and names the Clerk. Paragraph 2 is the attorney's name alone. Paragraph 3 is one long sentence listing five facts: licensed and admitted on May 14, 2012, oath taken, enrollment on the Roll of Attorneys and Counselors at Law, registration with the Office of Court Administration, and current good standing per the court's records. Paragraph 4 is the signing clause with place and date. Paragraph 5 is the signature label, "Clerk of the Court". Paragraph 6 is a certificate identifier. > The document certifies standing as of September 21, 2026 and covers only the New York bar. It says nothing about admission in any other jurisdiction and nothing about the N.D. Cal. > ## 📚 References > The link list for this source is empty, and the captured text contains no links. The only external reference is the CourtListener RECAP PDF itself: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.407.1.pdf. The parent filing, Dkt. 407, is not in the captured text, so its content is not described here. > ## 🧪 Hypotheses > - Dkt. 407 is a pro hac vice application for Eudokia Spanos, and this certificate satisfies its good-standing attachment requirement. The docket entry for Dkt. 407 would confirm or refute that. > - The certificate's date (September 21, 2026) falls within whatever recency window the local rules set for such certificates. The Northern District of California local rules would settle that. > ## ❓ Questions > - What is Dkt. 407, who filed it, and on whose behalf is Spanos applying? The docket confirms it; this page does not say. > - Which party's counsel is Spanos, and what role is proposed in the case? Not stated in the text. > - Does the Court's order on Dkt. 407 exist, and when was it entered? A lawyer or the docket would need to check. > ## ✅ Logical validity > - **Not an argument.** The page is a clerk's attestation. It makes no claims to test for fallacies, and the claims it does make (admission date, good standing) are attributed to the court's records (¶3). > - **Scope limit.** It certifies New York standing only, as of one date. It is not evidence about anything else in the case. > - **Tone.** Formal attestation register, no advocacy. > ## 🎯 Conclusion > A routine exhibit: the New York Appellate Division's Clerk certifies Eudokia Spanos as in good standing as of September 21, 2026. The page does not state its own purpose; the pro hac vice link comes from the docket metadata. No direct action for WordPress or open-source work, and nothing here bears on the case's merits. > ## 🔄 Refactor Appendix — Certificate of Good Standing > > Density: light-touch source. Emitted: 1 Literature atom, 0 Permanent candidates. > > Tag pool: #bmf · #addendum · #xref · #articleseed · #storystem · #share · #aphorisms > ### 📚 Literature Split Pad > #### [H1] The certificate rests on the issuing court's own records > > [!quote] [¶3] > > according to the records of this Court is currently in good standing as an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law > **Context & use**: > - ¶3, the operative attestation; the Clerk of the New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, signs it (¶1, ¶4). > - Record as the only substantive statement in the exhibit. It states standing as of the signing date, not a finding about anything else. > **Tags**: #xref > <!-- atomicity: 1 idea ✓ --> > ### ✏️ Fleeting Queue > - [F1] Look up Dkt. 407 on CourtListener to confirm it is the pro hac vice application this certificate supports — https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.407.1.pdf #fleeting #inbox > ### → Things 3 (max 2 actions) > - [ ] Confirm the nature of Dkt. 407 and any order on it in the WPE v. Automattic docket index — llm-wiki-wp-governance, 5 min #things Full text of this document omitted because this document is a PDF [Download original file →](https://readwise.io/reader/document_raw_content/503083851), Certificate of Good Standing, Susanna M. Rojas, Clerk, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, 01m3s7cf278e7qk3wfaazafh7h.