On December 17, 2010 a Motion-Secondary was filed involving a dispute between Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, and Acco Engineered Systems, Inc., Advanced Mechanical, Advance Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Air Systems Mechanical Contractor, A & K Heating Company, Inc., Albay Construction Company, Allen-Simmons Heating & Sheet Metal Company Inc., Allied Fire Protection, Allied Sprinkler Company, Inc., Allsberry Mechanical Corporation, Anderson, Rowe & Buckley, Inc., Associated Insulation Of California, A. Teichert & Son, Inc., Balliet Bros. Construction Corporation, Banner Drywall & Painting Co. Inc., Barnes Construction Co., Bayer Cropscience Inc., Bayer Cropscience, Inc., Successor To Amchem, Bell Products Inc., Beta Mechanical Contractors, L.P., Bragg Investment Company, Inc., Cahill Construction Co., Inc., Cahill Construction Services, Inc., Cahill Contractors, Inc., California Drywall Co., Castro Construction, Inc., C.C. Moore & Co. Engineers, Cincinnati Valve Company, Cjr Plastering, Clausen-Patten, Inc., Clausen-Patten, Inc., A Dissolved Corporation, Climate Air, Inc., Climate Control Co., Inc., Collins Electrical Company, Inc., Commair Mechanical Services, Consolidated Insulation, Inc., Cosco Fire Protection, Inc., Cosco Sprinkler, Critchfield Mechanical, Inc., C & R Plastering, Inc., Csk Auto, Inc., Cupertino Electric, Inc., Delucchi Sheet Metal Works, Dilland Sederberg Plumbing, Does 1-8500, Domco Products Texas Inc., Domco Products Texas, L.P., Donovan Construction, Dorn Refrigeration, Dorn Refrigeration And Air Conditioning, Dpr Construction, Duro Dyne Corporation, D.W. Nicholson Corporation, D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc., Emil J. Weber Electric Co., Erwin Mechanical Inc., Ex- Fme, Inc. (Fka Fischbach And Moore Electric,, Fairmont Hotel Company, Fluor Corporation, Foley Electric Co., Foley Electric, Inc., Fuller Floors, General Mills, Inc., Giampolini & Co., Graybar Electric Company, Inc., Hanson Permanente Cement, Inc. Formerly Known As, Harold Beasley Plumbing And Heating, Inc., Harry Lee Plumbing & Heating, H & C Investment Associates, Inc., Henry C. Beck Company, Imperial Plastering & Drywall, Insulation Specialties, Inc., James A. Nelson Co., Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Jones Plastering Company, Joseph Bruno Sheet Metal Co., Inc., J.T. Thorpe & Son, Inc., J.W. Mcclenahan Company, J.W. Mcclenahan Company, Inc., Kentile Floors, Inc., Laub Sheet Metal Works, Lone Star Industries, Inc., Mack Construction Co., Magee, Robert, Malm Metal Products, Inc., Marine Engineering And Supply Company, Marshco Auto Parts, Inc., Mattock Construction Company, Mcclure Electric, Inc., Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Michael Brothers, Midstate Mechanical, Inc., Mitchell Bros. Truck Lines, Inc., Monsanto Company, Sued As "Pharmacia Corporation", Oakfabco, Inc., Ortho-Craft, Pacific Fireproofing, Pacific Mechanical Corporation, Parker Insulation Contracting & Supply Co. Inc., Perini Corporation, Pharmacia Corporation, Which Will Do Business In, Pribuss Engineering, Pribuss Engineering, Inc., Raymond Interior Systems-North, Red Top Electric Co. Emeryville, Inc., Robert Magee, Rollie R. French, Inc., Rollins Construction, Rountree Plumbing & Heating Inc., Scott Co. Of California, S F L, Inc., S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc., Slakey Brothers, Inc., Sugden Engineering Co., Swinerton Builders, Temper Insulation, Temporary Plant Cleaners, Inc., Texaco, Inc., The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The W.W. Henry Company, Tuttle And Bailey Corp, Van Mulder Sheetmetal, Van-Mulder Sheet Metal, Inc., Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air, W.C. Thomason, W.C. Thompson, Webcor Builders, Inc., Westburne Supply, Inc., Willard Electric, Wright Schuchart Harbor, Wright Schuchart Harbor Company, Ross, Jean, Ross, Robert, for civil in the District Court of San Francisco County.
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BERGQUIST, Woop & ANDERSON, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 4470 MARIA LANE. suite 300 TFORNIA 94596 (925) 928-6160 FACSIMILE (925} 932-4354 co oe NM RA HW Bw Hw Kenneth R. Bergquist SBN 118846 BERGQUIST, WOOD & ANDERSON, LLP 1470 Maria Lane, Suite 300 Walnut Creck, California 94596 (925) 938-6100 Tel (925) 938-4354 Fax ELECTRONICALLY FILED Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco FEB 07 2012 Clerk of the Court Attorneys for Defendant, BY: JUDITH NUNEZ Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air Conditioning, Inc, Deputy Clerh SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT ROSS and JEAN ROSS, CASE NO.: CGC 10-275731 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS v. COUNSEL CC. MOORE & CO. ENGINEERS, et al Date: March 13, 2012 Time: 9:30 a.m, Dept.: 503 Date Action Filed: December 17, 2010 Trial Date: None MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES A client’s power to discharge its attorney, with or without cause, is absolute. Fracasse y. Brent (1972) 6 Cal.3d 784, 790. In addition, given proper grounds, an attorney may be permitted by the court to withdraw as a corporation’s attorney of record without offending the rule against corporate self-representation, as the court has the ability to put “extreme pressure” on the corporation to obtain new counsel if necessary. Thomas G. Ferruzzo, Inc. v. Superior Court (1980) 104 Cal.App.3d 501, 504, In this case, Defendant Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air Conditioning, Inc. has filed bankruptcy and terminated its attorney of record. Declaration in Support of Attorney’s Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel, paragraph 2, filed herewith. Because Defendant’s power to discharge its attorney is absolute, this is sufficient grounds to grant the motion to withdraw. | IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIBERGQUIST, Woop & ANDERSON, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 4870 MARIA LANE, suITE 300 WALNUT GREEK, CALIFORNIA 94596, (925} 938-8100 FACSIMILE (925) 926-4254 Further, since proper grounds exist to grant the motion, Defendant's status.as a corporation is not reason for denial under Thomas G. Ferruzzo, Inc. v. Superior Court, supra. For these reasons, the. Motion to Be Relieved as Counsel should be GRANTED. Dated: February 7, 2012 2 Sty Kenneth R, Bergquist, Bergquist, Wood & Anderson, LLP Attorneys for Defendant, Walnut Creek Sheet Metal, Furnace & Air Conditioning, Inc.