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An attorney may voluntarily terminate the attorney-client relationship at any time and without reason, if this will not have a material adverse effect on the interests of the client. Even if the withdrawal will be adverse to the client the attorney may still withdraw for a number of reasons: The client is engaged in illegal or fraudulent activity.
Giuliani’s lead counsel Kenneth Caruso and attorney David Labkowski filed a motion in federal court in New York on Wednesday citing several reasons for their withdrawal, pointing to a ...
Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that criminal defendants have a constitutional right to refuse counsel and represent themselves in state criminal proceedings.
The absence of counsel is a recognized ground for continuance of a civil case and is in the discretion of the court to grant or deny. [77] [78] Illness, death or withdrawal of counsel in civil cases are also reasons for granting a continuance. [79]
Also on Tuesday, the special counsel argued that the diversion agreement was not ‘binding’ Hunter Biden lawyer asks to withdraw from case after special counsel named to investigate president ...
Ostensibly, the reason is to serve the law itself by preventing a court from making a decision that is erroneous in light of the authority revealed. [ 2 ] As a practical matter, an attorney who discovers adverse authority and fails to disclose it to the court may lose credibility with the court if the authority is found by opposing counsel, or ...
White House counsel Richard Sauber calls the requests for documents and testimony “unjustified,” and characterized the impeachment inquiry as “illegitimate.”
North Dakota has taken a different approach: it allows an attorney to withdraw but then assigns a different attorney to the case so the defendant has counsel if desired. [2] California no longer requires the attorney to withdraw. Now she or he may submit a "Wende Brief", [7] named after the case in which the procedure was approved.