H.R. Weaver Building Systems, Inc. v. Dommel

CHARLES, J.,

The lawyer-client relationship is unique in many respects. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that attorneys and clients do not enjoy the unfettered ability to sever their relationship. When an attorney enters an appearance on behalf of a litigant, the court supervising the litigation becomes the ultimate arbiter of whether an attorney and/or a client can “fire” one another.

In this case, the law firm of McNees Wallace & Nurick, LLC (hereafter “MWN”) seeks to extricate itself from any further representation of the defendants in the above-referenced action. (The defendants will…