Williams v. La Perla North America, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GREGG WILLIAMS, Case No. 3:23-cv-01633-JSC
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
9 v. WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL FOR
DEFENDANT
10 LA PERLA NORTH AMERICA, INC., Re: Dkt. No. 42 Defendant. 11
12 13 Now pending before the Court is the motion of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (“HHR”), to 14 withdraw as counsel for Defendant La Perla North America, Inc. (“La Perla”). (Dkt. No. 61.)1 15 Plaintiff opposes HHR’s motion. (Dkt. No. 43.) After carefully considering Counsel’s motion, the 16 Court concludes oral argument is unnecessary, see N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-1(b), and GRANTS the 17 motion as set forth below. 18 DISCUSSION 19 Counsel seeks to withdraw from representation of La Perla because La Perla is no longer a 20 functioning entity with which counsel can meaningfully discuss legal strategy and La Perla has 21 failed to pay attorneys’ fees and costs for several months. (Dkt. No. 42 at 2.) 22 In this District, “[c]ounsel may not withdraw from…