Conde et al v. 2020 Companies LLC et al

Filing 286

ORDER re #275 Matthew Carlson's MOTION to Withdraw as Counsel. Signed by Judge Kandis A. Westmore on 6/5/2018. (kawlc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/5/2018)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CARLOS CONDE, et al., Plaintiffs, 8 v. 9 10 OPEN DOOR MARKETING, LLC, et al., 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 15-cv-04080-KAW Defendants. ORDER REGARDING MATTHEW CARLSON'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL Re: Dkt. No. 275 12 13 On April 20, 2018, Attorney Matthew D. Carlson moved to withdraw as counsel of record 14 for Plaintiffs, as Attorney Carlson no longer worked for Lichten & Liss-Riordan. (Dkt. No. 275.) 15 Plaintiffs stated that Attorneys Harold Lichten and Jill Kahn,1 as well as any other attorney at 16 Lichten & Liss-Riordan, would continue to represent Plaintiffs. No opposition was filed. Attorney Carlson is listed as local counsel for Attorney Lichten, who is appearing pro hac 17 18 vice. (Dkt. Nos. 13, 14.) On May 31, 2018, the Court issued an order explaining that it was not 19 clear who would be local counsel should Attorney Carlson withdraw. (Dkt. No. 280 at 1.) The 20 Court observed that Attorney Michael Louis Freedman was listed as counsel, but that it was 21 unclear in what capacity he was acting. (Id.) The Court, therefore, ordered Plaintiff to file either a 22 23 declaration stating that Attorney Freedman would be acting as local counsel, or a substitution of counsel that substituted new local counsel for Attorney Carlson. (Id. at 2.) On June 1, 2018, Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan filed a notice of appearance on behalf of 24 25 26 Plaintiffs. (Dkt. No. 281.) Plaintiffs also filed a notice of withdrawal of Attorney Freedman. (Dkt. No. 282.) Finally, Plaintiffs filed a response to the Court's May 31, 2018 order, stating that 27 1 28 On May 11, 2018, Attorney Kahn also moved to withdraw as counsel. (Dkt. No. 277.) 1 Attorney Liss-Riordan is a member of the California State Bar. (Dkt. No. 283 at 1.) Although Attorney Liss-Riordan is a member of the California State Bar, it is still not clear 2 3 to the Court that Attorney Liss-Riordan may act as local counsel for Attorney Lichten. Per Civil 4 Local Rule 11-3, an attorney requesting to appear pro hac vice must certify "[t]hat an attorney, 5 identified by name and office address, who is a member of the bar of this Court in good standing 6 and who maintains an office within the State of California, is designated as co-counsel." 7 (Emphasis added.) Accordingly, the Court requires that Attorney Liss-Riordan identify her 8 California office, to ensure that Attorney Lichten continues the meet the requirements for pro hac 9 vice status should Attorney Carlson be permitted to withdraw. Plaintiffs' filing is due by June 12, 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 2018. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: June 5, 2018 __________________________________ KANDIS A. WESTMORE United States Magistrate Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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