Judge: Maurice A. Leiter, Case: 23STCV31039, Date: 2024-08-29 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 23STCV31039    Hearing Date: August 29, 2024    Dept: 54

Hearing Date: August 29, 2024

Department 54, Judge Maurice A. Leiter

Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel

Moving Party: Kalley R. Aman and Michelle Lopez, counsel of record for Defendant My Life Foundation, Inc.

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 8:00 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 where 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 Kalley R. Aman and Michelle Lopez, counsel of record for Defendant My Life Foundation, seek to withdraw from representation of Defendant. Counsel states that the attorney-client relationship has broken down. Jury trial is not until June 16, 2025; Defendant will not be prejudiced. Counsel has complied with CRC 3.1362.

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