Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 20STCV31993, Date: 2022-12-13 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV31993    Hearing Date: December 13, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: December 13, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

(2) Motions to Relieve Counsel

Moving Party: Daniel Lavi, Counsel for Plaintiffs Johal Harpreet and Jonathan Lipman

Responding Party: None

T/R:     THE MOTIONS ARE GRANTED. COUNSEL TO FILE PROOF OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON DEFENDANT 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 8:30 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 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.)

Attorney Daniel Lavi, counsel of record for Plaintiffs Johal Harpreet and Jonathan Lipman, seeks to withdraw from representation of Plaintiffs. Counsel states there has been a breakdown in attorney-client communication. Trial has not been 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.