Judge: Jon R. Takasugi, Case: 21STCV10330, Date: 2022-12-06 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV10330    Hearing Date: December 6, 2022    Dept: 17

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

TENTATIVE RULING

DEPARTMENT 17

Attorney Ali Kamarei’s, Ali Rakhshanifar’s, Glen Olives, and Auto Legal Group, LLP’s motion to be relieved as counsel is GRANTED, effective upon filing proof of service of the court’s order (MC-053).

Legal Standard

Motions to withdraw are routinely granted if made in the proper form and presented with proper notice. The court may issue an order allowing an attorney to withdraw from representation, after notice to the client.  (Code Civ. Proc., § 284(2).) 

Discussion

Attorneys Ali Kamarei, Ali Rakhshanifar, Glen Olives, and Auto Legal Group, bring the instant motion for relief as counsel as to Defendant Wholesale Investments, Inc. Counsel explained their reason for the motion as:

Communication with the client has broken down and I have not been able to make contact with the client for over two months. The last communication with client as on August 23, 2022, despite numerous attempts via telephone and email. October 27, 2022 I emailed the client and urgently requested that it respond by November 4, 2022, or Auto Legal Group LLP would be forced to bring a motion to be relieved as counsel, as the client's participation was needed to properly defend the action and prepare for trial. As of this writing I have received no phone calls, emails, or any other correspondence from the client.

            (MC-052.)

The following documents are properly submitted: Civil Form MC-051 “Notice of Motion and Motion to be Relieved as Counsel,” Civil Form MC-052 “Declaration in Support of Attorney’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel,” and Civil Form MC-053 “Order Granting Attorney’s Motion to be Relieved as Counsel.”

            The motion is GRANTED.

It is so ordered.

Dated:  December    , 2022

   Hon. Jon R. Takasugi
   Judge of the Superior Court

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