[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: MOTION TO BE RELIEVED AS COUNSEL

Laurence C. Hall of The Hall Corporation, attorney of record for Plaintiff American Building Innovation LP, seeks to be relieved as counsel on the grounds that there has been a complete and irremediable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.

Absent a showing of resulting prejudice, an attorney’s request for withdrawal should be granted. (People v. Prince (1968) 268 Cal.App.2d 398, 406.) Counsel’s motion complies with California Rules of Court, Rule 3.1362. There is no trial date set because the parties have stipulated to arbitration. Therefore, no prejudice will result from granting the motion. Accordingly, the unopposed motion to be relieved is GRANTED and effective upon filing a proof of service showing service of the order on American Building Innovation LP and all parties who have appeared.

However, “a corporation cannot represent itself in a court of record either in propria persona or through an officer or agent wh