Judge: Jon R. Takasugi, Case: 22STCV22898, Date: 2023-02-06 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV22898    Hearing Date: February 6, 2023    Dept: 17

Superior Court of California

County of Los Angeles

DEPARTMENT 17

TENTATIVE RULING

Attorney Laurie M. Cortez’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 Laurie M. Cortez of Emilio Law Group, APC brings the instant motion for relief as counsel as to Defendant Adriana Insurance Services.

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.”

            In an opposition from Plaintiff, Plaintiff argues that Defendant’s counsel should not be relieved until it has obtained other representation. However, Plaintiff presented no authority by which the Court could order this. Plaintiff’s citation to CCP section 473(b) is not applicable here in that she is not seeking relief from any entered order, nor has Plaintiff shown that any order was entered as a result of mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.

            The motion is GRANTED.

It is so ordered.

Dated:  February    , 2023

   Hon. Jon R. Takasugi
   Judge of the Superior Court

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