If I’m going private to state work, do I have to file a motion to withdraw in every case? Every case has a partner in it

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Others may disagree with me, but I would say yes. If you filed a Notice of Appearance, you are on the hook for representation unless released from representation. I am a firm believer in always C.Y.A. It is your license and you do not want someone being able to use you as a scapegoat.

You have a duty to ask your firm to send a letter to the client letting them know u r leaving and give them three options: comes with u (not feasible here), stay with firm or get new counsel. If they do not comply (bc they do not want to risk having clients leave) then you are allowed to, on your own, after giving your firm a reasonable amount of time, send the letter.

Almost nobody i know does this but if you call the florida ethics hotline, youll soon find the ethics opinions on it like i Have.

If you do not do above, at min, you need to withdraw to CYA. However, if you do what i said in the first paragraph, i think a bar committee would see u as fulfilling your duty and it was up to the firm/client to get new counsel, or file an amended NOA.

Hope this helps

Yeah its weird im on my second firm out of school and never see associates do this but its likely bc they do not know or feel pressured not to do it.

However, I was like you when changing firms and decided to call the ethics hotline because I was scared of a bar complaint etc. Upon doing my due diligence, the bar forwarded the opinion to me and found it crazy that i have never once heard or saw an associate actually follow the rules.

Mind blowing.

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