In the latest bad legal news for Rudy Giuliani, his lawyers no longer want to represent him in a civil case stemming from his defamation of former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, who are trying to collect the multimillion-dollar judgment. won from him.
The specific reason or reasons for the retraction requested by the two attorneys are not entirely clear because the court filing requesting the retraction has been partially redacted.
However, Wednesday's filing by attorney Kenneth Caruso, which was echoed by attorney David Labkowski in his own filing, says the grounds for his withdrawal request “arise under Professional Rule 1.16(c)(4), (6) and (7). .” He noted that the rule states:
a lawyer may withdraw from representing a client when: . . . (4) the client insists on taking action with which the attorney fundamentally disagrees; . . . (6) the client insists on asserting a claim or defense that is not justified under existing law and cannot be supported by good faith arguments for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law; [or] . . . (7) the client fails to cooperate in the representation or otherwise makes the representation unreasonably difficult for the lawyer to effectively perform his duties[.]
The request followed a hearing last week, when the judge called it “farcal” that Giuliani does not know the whereabouts of his assets. To the extent that Giuliani insists that his lawyers continue to mount a farcical defense on his behalf, they appear to have reached their breaking point.
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