A lawyer representing Karen Read in the wrongful death lawsuit brought against her by the family of her late boyfriend, John O’Keefe, officially asked a judge on Friday to allow the out-of-state lawyer who led her criminal defense to join the civil team.

Attorney Damon Seligson filed three motions asking the judge to admit the lawyers from out of state — Alan Jackson, Read’s lead criminal defense lawyer, and two other attorneys at his firm, Elizabeth Little and Caleb Mason. Little also represented Read at her criminal trials.

Jackson, Little and Mason are not licensed to practice law in Massachusetts, meaning a judge would need to approve their representation pro hac vice, Latin for “for this occasion only.”

Such motions are typically approved, and lawyers for the O’Keefe family did

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