From left, solo practitioner Michael Ross, the principal of the Law Offices of Michael Ross; David B. Lat, founder of Above the Law; and U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of New York, William F. Kuntz, are seen during a panel discussion on Jan 18 at the NYSBA Annual Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown. Courtesy of NYSBA / Jacques Cornell
Amid a discussion about how to balance a client’s requests with attorneys’ obligation to follow the rules of their practice, a panel of attorneys and judges on Wednesday addressed the case of Steve Bannon, whose attorneys asked a Manhattan judge last week to relieve them as counsel.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected the request from the lawyers, who said they were facing a breakdown in communication with Bannon and irreconcilable differences, months after they were retained to represent Bannon in a money laundering and fraud case related to the nonprofit We Build the Wall Inc.
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