Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 19STCV28303, Date: 2022-09-16 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 19STCV28303    Hearing Date: September 16, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: September 16, 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 GRANTED. COUNSEL TO FILE PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON DEFENDANTS WITHIN 5 DAYS OF NOTICE OF RULING. COUNSEL WILL BE RELIEVED UPON FILING OF PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER.

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 8:00 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 as long as the withdrawal would not result in undue prejudice to the client’s interest—that is, 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. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362. Trial is not yet set; no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal.

There is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. The motion is GRANTED.