Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

If he is not licensed in California, in general he cannot represent you here. However, if a California lawyer were to "sponsor" him to represent you in California, a court might permit it. Usually those who appear pro hac vice are corporate counsel or those lawyers who have specialized knowledge of certain kinds of cases. If your case is one that easily could be handled by a California attorney, I'm not sure that a court would go along with it. Also, you should consider the cost of having an out-of-state attorney represent you here -- travel and lodging costs, communication costs (although those don't seem to be much of an issue any more), etc. An attorney admitted pro hac vice also has to pay certain fees for the privilege of practicing law in California.

The logistics also might be important to you in that you won't be able to visit the attorney very easily. With technology though, you could arrange computerized video conferences.

Yes, the attorney can apply for and almost always obtain permission to represent a client one time only-pro hac vice. A California Attorney would have to sponser and supervise the Texas Attorney.

It would make sense to see if the finnacial issues make it worthwhile to have an out of state Attorney.