R.S.B. VENTURES, ET AL.
v.
BERLOWITZ, ET AL.

Fla. 3d DCA | 2019-01-30
No. 17-2607
Rodriguez, J., Logue, J., Miller, J., Suarez, Senior Judge
264 So. 3d 1052 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2019)

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Holding

When a party withdraws counsel from a case, the withdrawal is timely if it leaves adequate time for replacement counsel to meet applicable trial and appellate deadlines.


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[1] Counsel withdrawal from a case is timely when it leaves adequate time for replacement counsel to meet applicable trial and appellate deadlines.

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Appellees withdrew from the underlying case in the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County. The trial court found that the withdrawal left adequate time f…

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Opinion of the Court
Miller

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed January 30, 2019. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D17-2607 Lower Tribunal No. 17-434 ________________

R.S.B. Ventures, Inc., etc., et al., Appellants,

vs.

Jeffrey Scott Berlowitz, etc., et al., Appellees.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Rosa I. Rodriguez, Judge.

Litigation Lawyers Professional Association, and Stephen Rakusin (Fort Lauderdale), for appellants.

Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., and Thomas E. Scott and Melinda S. Thornton, for appellees.

Before LOGUE and MILLER, JJ., and SUAREZ, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

2

On the specific record before us, we agree with the trial court that Appellees withdrew from the underlying case leaving adequate time for replacement counsel to meet the applicable trial and appellate deadlines. Conley v. Shutts & Bowen, P.A., 616 So. 2d 523, 525 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); Maillard v. Dowdell, 528 So. 2d 512, 514 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988); Frazier v. Effman, 501 So. 2d 114, 115 (Fla. 4th DCA 1987).

Affirmed.


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