Case Number: BC648189 Hearing Date: January 12, 2018 Dept: 37

CASE NAME: Spikes, Inc. v. Yoon, et al.

CASE NO.: BC648189

HEARING DATE: 1/12/18

CALENDAR NO.: 4

DEPARTMENT: 37

DATE FILED: 1/26/17

TRIAL DATE: 4/16/19

NOTICE: OK

SUBJECT: Motion to be Relieved as Counsel

MOVING PARTY: Milord A. Keshishian and J. Nicholas Anwandter, counsel for JK Trading, Inc.[1]

OPPOSING PARTY: None

TENTATIVE RULING

The court GRANTS the motion to be relieved as counsel subject to Counsel’s submission of an updated Form MC-053 Order. Counsel Milord A. Keshishian and J. Nicholas Anwandter to give notice.

MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

DECLARATION: Counsel moves to withdraw from this matter for: (1) nonpayment of fees incurred pursuant to the Client Fee Agreement and (2) deterioration of the attorney-client relationship which counsel attests has made it impossible for Milord & Associates to continue to adequately and properly represent Defendant. Counsel further attests that Defendant JK Trading, Inc. has not paid its legal bills from August 2017 through the present.

MC-053 ORDER: Yes.

Next Scheduled Hearing: 2/14/18 Hearing on Demurrer re: First Amended Complaint, which is to be taken off-calendar pursuant to the notice filed on December 8, 2017.

4/23/18 Hearing on Defendant’s Motion to Compel Further Responses to Requests for Production, Set One.

Trial Date: 4/16/19.

PROOF OF SERVICE: Yes on the client by service through mail at the client’s last known address and electronic mail. Counsel attests that they have confirmed within the past 30 days by telephone that the address is current.

OPPOSITION: None.

[1] On December 8, 2017, Defendant Yoon filed a substitution of attorney form substituting out Keshishian and Anwandter as counsel. Yoon is now representing himself in propria persona.