Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 22STCV15060, Date: 2023-09-28 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 22STCV15060    Hearing Date: September 28, 2023    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: September 28, 2023

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

(2) Motions to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Campbell & Farahani, LLP, counsel of record for Plaintiffs Eileen Carry and Sylvia Merino

Responding Party: None

T/R:      THE MOTIONS ARE GRANTED. COUNSEL SHALL FILE PROOFS OF SERVICE OF ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS 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.)

Campbell & Farahani, LLP, counsel of record for Plaintiffs Eileen Carry and Sylvia Merino, seek to withdraw from representation of Plaintiffs. Counsel state that the attorney-client relationships have broken down. Trial is set for November 6, 2023; 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.