A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday allowed one of the lawyers representing a former Davis Polk & Wardwell associate who has sued the firm for racial discrimination to withdraw from the case.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods of the Southern District of New York comes in the wake of dueling filings over Davis Polk’s request to dismiss most of the lawsuit filed by Kaloma Cardwell. Davis Polk is asserting that a portion of Cardwell’s claims are either time-barred or don’t pass muster. Woods gave no indication of when he would rule on the firm’s motion during a half hour-long conference call Tuesday afternoon.