Novalk, LLC v. Kinsale Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 NOVALK, LLC, Case No. 22-cv-0290-BAS-LR
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. WITHDRAW AS ATTORNEY (ECF No. 82) KINSALE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff Novalk, LLC’s attorney, Michelangelo Tatone, moves the Court for permission to withdraw from representing Novalk, LLC, in the instant case. (ECF No. 82.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion. (Id.) The California Rules of Professional Conduct permit withdrawal from representation under a series of circumstances including when the client makes it “unreasonably difficult for the lawyer to carry out the representation effectively,” or “breaches a material term of an agreement” with the lawyer and the lawyer “has given the client a reasonable warning after the breach” of the lawyer’s potential withdrawal if the breach is not remedied. CA ST RPC Rule 1.16(b). Where a tribunal’s rules…