Filed: Jan. 10, 2020
Latest Update: Jan. 10, 2020
Summary: ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS INES CROSBY, JOHN CROSBY, LESLIE LOHSE, LARRY LOHSE, TED PATA, JUAN PATA, CHRIS PATA, SHERRY MYERS, AND FRANK JAMES. MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendants Ines Crosby, John Crosby, Leslie Lohse, Larry Lohse, Ted Pata, Juan Pata, Chris Pata, Sherry Myers, and Frank James (the "Defendants") filed by Defendants' counsel, the law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters
Summary: ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS INES CROSBY, JOHN CROSBY, LESLIE LOHSE, LARRY LOHSE, TED PATA, JUAN PATA, CHRIS PATA, SHERRY MYERS, AND FRANK JAMES. MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendants Ines Crosby, John Crosby, Leslie Lohse, Larry Lohse, Ted Pata, Juan Pata, Chris Pata, Sherry Myers, and Frank James (the "Defendants") filed by Defendants' counsel, the law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters ..
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS INES CROSBY, JOHN CROSBY, LESLIE LOHSE, LARRY LOHSE, TED PATA, JUAN PATA, CHRIS PATA, SHERRY MYERS, AND FRANK JAMES.
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR., District Judge.
Before the Court is the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendants Ines Crosby, John Crosby, Leslie Lohse, Larry Lohse, Ted Pata, Juan Pata, Chris Pata, Sherry Myers, and Frank James (the "Defendants") filed by Defendants' counsel, the law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP on November 27, 2019. ECF No. 469. This matter was scheduled for hearing on January 9, 2020 in Courtroom 7, before the Honorable Morrison C. England of the above-entitled Court, and subsequently was submitted on the papers. On December 19, 2019, Plaintiffs and Defendant Associated Pension Consultants, Inc. filed Statements of Non-Opposition to Defendants' Motion. ECF Nos. 478, 479. No opposition was submitted by Defendants, and the Declaration of Erin E. Meyer indicates that Defendants were each contacted by counsel and expressly consented to counsel's withdrawal.
This motion is governed by the requirements of Local Rule 182(d), which provides that an attorney may not withdraw, leaving a client in propria persona, absent noticed motion and an affidavit from counsel showing the efforts made to provide notification of the attorney's intent to withdraw. Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP has complied with those requirements and its request to withdraw is accordingly proper.
Because counsel's request is both procedurally correct and unopposed, the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel of Record (ECF No. 469) is GRANTED. The law firm of Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP is consequently relieved as counsel of record for Defendants effective upon the filing of a proof of service of this signed Order on said Defendant.
Pending the submission of any substitution of counsel filed by Ines Crosby, John Crosby, Leslie Lohse, Larry Lohse, Ted Pata, Juan Pata, Chris Pata, Sherry Myers, and/or Frank James, the Clerk is notified that these Defendants are proceeding in propia persona, and their addresses are listed in the Declaration of Erin E. Meyer filed concurrently with the Motion to Withdraw.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
