Although a private attorney is not yet required to perform legal services for free, once representation of a client in a litigation has begun, his right to withdraw is not absolute. (CPLR 321, subd [b], par 2.) The conditional nature of an attorney's right to withdraw is due in part to the traditional responsibility of the court to regulate the legal profession (see First Nat. Bank of East Islip v Brower,
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