An attorney who took the unusual but fruitless step of modifying a retainer agreement to require a troublesome client to undergo mental health treatment and to halt his ex parte communications with court personnel in a divorce case has been permitted to withdraw from the case.
“Whether the husband is presently in compliance with portions of the amended retainer or not, the court is loathe to compel an attorney to represent a litigant who does not take counsel’s advice,” Supreme Court Justice Anthony J. Falanga in Nassau County (See Profile) wrote in granting the request to be relieved in M.P. v. A.P., 203531-2004.
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