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DeBruhl v. Keyes

Counsel's Permissive Withdrawal for Irreconcilable Conflict With Client Deemed Justified

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MEMORANDUM ORDER “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”1 Having achieved a settlement in principle over claims to ownership in artwork, which was reduced to a term sheet but conditioned on execution of a formal settlement agreement (see ECF No. 33), this case exemplifies why the devil is always in the details.2 Regrettably, negotiation of the settlement documents led to further disputes: the breakdown of an attorney-client relationship and ultimately a failure to consummate the settlement they had reached in a court settlement conference. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s counsel Peter Shapiro’s (“Shapiro”) uncontested motion to withdraw as counsel of record for Plaintiff. The Court set May 31, 2024 as the date for any opposition (electronic order dated May 22, 2024), none of which has been filed. For the reasons that follow, Shapiro’s motion to withdraw (ECF No. 31) is granted and he is terminated as counsel of record. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Nanette DeBruhl, a physician and Californian resident, received 69 artworks from her friend and artist, Rosalind Letcher. (ECF No. 1

1, 6.) Letcher became ill and subsequently had all of her artworks stored in a facility. (Id.

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