Legal Opinion
Rivera-Domenech v. Calvesbert Law Offices PSC
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 29, 2005No. 03-1471PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
This case involves the efforts by an attorney to convince a federal court to permit him to withdraw his appearance or at least require that his client pay him for his work in a trial. Attorney Paul E. Calves-bert (or more accurately, his professional services corporation) represented Rivera-Domenech in an admiralty case in federal court between Angel L. Rivera-Domenech and Quality Boat Services (and other defendants).
I
We describe the facts as alleged by attorney Calvesbert. In January 1998, Rivera-Domenech retained Calvesbert to represent him in the underlying admiralty action (for…
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