Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 19STCV28303, Date: 2022-08-24 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV28303    Hearing Date: August 24, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: August 24, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Timothy W. Fredricks and Brenna J. McGill, counsel of record for Defendant Lubov Azria

Responding Party: None

T/R:     THE MOTION IS CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 16, 2022 AT 9:00AM. COUNSEL TO FILE AND SERVE A PROPOSED ORDER NO LATER THAN 16 COURT DAYS BEFORE THE CONTINUED HEARING.

COUNSEL TO NOTICE.

If the parties wish to submit on the tentative, please email the courtroom at¿SMCdept54@lacourt.org¿with notice to opposing counsel (or self-represented party) before 8:30 am on the day of the hearing.

The Court considers the moving papers. No opposition has been received.

The Court may issue an order allowing an attorney to withdraw from representation, after notice to the client.  (CCP § 284.)  The attorney may withdraw from representation if the withdrawal would not result in undue prejudice to the client’s interest—for example, counsel cannot withdraw at a critical point in the litigation.  (Ramirez v. Sturdevant (1994) 21 Cal. App. 4th 904, 915; see California Rule of Professional Conduct 3-700.)

Attorneys Timothy W. Fredricks and Brenna J. McGill, counsel of record for Defendant Lubov Azria, seek to withdraw from representation of Defendant. Counsel states that the attorney-client relationship has broken down. Trial is not yet set and no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal.

Counsel failed to file, and presumably failed to serve, a proposed order on form MC-053. The motion is CONTINUED to September 16, 2022 at 9:00am. Counsel to file and serve a proposed order no later than 10 court days before the continued hearing.