Judge: Michelle C. Kim, Case: 21STCV11876, Date: 2023-07-20 Tentative Ruling

Case Number: 21STCV11876    Hearing Date: July 20, 2023    Dept: 31

SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA  

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT 

 

LYNN DEANNE MCNATT JAMES, ET AL., 

Plaintiff(s), 

vs. 

 

KATHERINE REIHMAN, ET AL., 

Defendant(s). 

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Case No.: 21STCV11876 

 

[TENTATIVE] ORDER GRANTING IN PART MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL  

 

Dept. 31 

1:30 p.m. 

July 20, 2023 

 

 

Plaintiff Lynn Deanne McNatt James (“Plaintiff”) attorneys of record, Bish and Cutting, APC (“Counsel”) and Law Offices of Larry H. Parker (“Associated Counsel”) move to be relieved as counsel, contending that the attorney-client relationship has been undermined by differences between Counsel and Plaintiff, and Counsel is unable to represent Plaintiff as a result of the deterioration of the attorney-client relationship.    

Counsel declares it served the moving papers at the Plaintiff’s last known address.  Counsel declares the moving papers were served on Plaintiff via mail and e-mail at an address that Counsel confirmed as current by telephone within the past 30 days. Counsel has filed proof of service on Plaintiff and on Defendant Randy Estuardo Alvarado Alvarez. No other defendants have appeared in this action.   

However, the Court notes that Associated Counsel failed to sign the moving papers. Associated Counsel must file and properly serve their own separate request to be relieved as counsel.  

The motion is unopposed and granted as to Bish and Cutting, APC only; the ruling is effective upon filing proof of service of the final order.  The Court notes that a Notice of Settlement was filed on October 17, 2022. An Order to Show Cause Re: Dismissal is scheduled for July 25, 2023.  

 

Moving Counsel is ordered to give notice. 

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: 

  • Parties are encouraged to meet and confer after reading this tentative ruling to see if they can reach an agreement. 

  • If a party intends to submit on this tentative ruling,¿the party must send an email to the court at¿sscdept31@lacourt.org¿with the Subject line “SUBMIT” followed by the case number.¿ The body of the email must include the hearing date and time, counsel’s contact information, and the identity of the party submitting.¿¿ 

  • Unless¿all¿parties submit by email to this tentative ruling, the parties should arrange to appear remotely (encouraged) or in person for oral argument.¿ You should assume that others may appear at the hearing to argue.¿¿ 

  • If the parties neither submit nor appear at hearing, the Court may take the motion off calendar or adopt the tentative ruling as the order of the Court.¿ After the Court has issued a tentative ruling, the Court may prohibit the withdrawal of the subject motion without leave.¿ 

 

Dated this 19th day of July 2023 

 

  

 

 

Hon. Michelle C. Kim 

Judge of the Superior Court