Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 20STCV17679, Date: 2023-04-05 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV17679    Hearing Date: April 5, 2023    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: April 5, 2023

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

(3) Motions to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Chima A. Anyanwu, Esq., counsel of record for Defendants Family 1st Group, LLC, Tracy Pugh and Lawrence Adams

Responding Party: None

T/R:     THE MOTIONS ARE 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.

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—i.e., 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.)

Chima A. Anyanwu, counsel of record for Defendants Family 1st Group, LLC, Tracy Pugh and Lawrence Adams seeks to withdraw from representation of Defendants. Counsel states that the attorney-client relationship has been compromised. Trial is not yet set; no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.

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