Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 20STCV44565, Date: 2022-09-13 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 20STCV44565    Hearing Date: September 13, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: September 13, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Bjorn C. Green and Denise Thompson, counsel of record for Defendants Kamran Tavakoli, Sharona Arastoozad Tavakoli, Bonne Brae St 26, LLC

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.

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—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 Bjorn C. Green and Denise Thompson, counsel of record for Defendants Kamran Tavakoli, Sharona Arastoozad Tavakoli, Bonne Brae St 26, LLC, seek to withdraw from representation of Defendants. Counsel state there has been a conflict of interest requiring withdrawal. Trial is set for March 20, 2023; no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.

The Court finds there is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. The motion is GRANTED.