CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Procedure After Trial/Hearing
......Withdrawal of Attorney
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • Attorney of record may withdraw by filing notice thereof after entry of judgment.
  • Procedural requirements for motion for withdrawal as attorney.
  • Withdrawal in cases of limited scope representation [unbundling].
  • Duties an attorney affiliated with a dissolving firm owe to a client for whom s/he provided legal services if the attorney will not be representing client after the dissolution.
  • CCP §340.6 one-year statute of limitation barred malpractice suit where the client could not have an objectively reasonable belief that former counsel was continuing to represent him after counsel's motion to withdraw was served.
  • Court erred in permitting corporation’s counsel of record to withdraw without giving proper advice to client; judgment void as trial held without 15 days notice to client.