Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 22STCV07584, Date: 2022-07-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV07584    Hearing Date: July 29, 2022    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: July 29, 2022

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Nickolas B. Solish, counsel of record for Plaintiff Steven Caldwell

Responding Party: None

T/R:     THE MOTION IS 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 Nickolas B. Solish, counsel of record for Plaintiff Stephen Caldwell, seeks to withdraw from representation of Caldwell. Counsel states there has been a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship. Trial is set for July 17, 2023; no prejudice will result from counsel’s withdrawal. The Court finds there is good cause for counsel’s withdrawal. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362. The motion is GRANTED.