LEO: Continued Representation of Absent LE Op. 841

 

    Continued Representation of Absent Client.

 

    October 9, 1986

 

    In circumstances where the statute of limitations is about to run on a claim and the client cannot be found, it is not improper to file suit on behalf of the client and contemporaneously file a motion to withdraw as counsel.

 

    Committee Opinion October 9, 1986

 

    CROSS REFERENCES

 

    See also LE Op. 872, LE Op. 1088, and LE Op. 1173

 

LEO: Continued Representation of Absent, LE Op. 841 (1986)