Allstate Insurance v. Nandi

OPINION AND ORDER

ELLIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Before this Court is an application by movant, outgoing counsel for defendant Barry L. Cohan (“Cohan”), Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. (“movants”), for an Order: (1) pursuant to Local Civil Rule 1.4, permitting counsel to withdraw as attorneys for Cohan for multiple reasons, including irreconcilable differences; and (2) fix a retaining lien in the amount of $9,121.71. For the following reasons, the application is GRANTED, and the retaining lien is fixed at $9,121.71.

II. BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs filed this action on June 12,…