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HARTWIG v. JOHNSEN

No. 20070576.

190 P.3d 1242 (2008)

2008 UT 40

David R. HARTWIG, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Cynthia JOHNSEN, Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 8, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Hartwig, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

Richard C. Dibblee, Salt Lake City, for defendant.

WILKINS, Justice:

¶ 1 We are called upon in this case to decide the narrow question of whether the trial court applied the correct legal standard when it concluded that withdrawal of counsel was not justified because the attorney-client relationship was not "irretrievably broken." We conclude that the trial court applied the wrong legal standard. We therefore reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 In 2001, Cynthia Johnsen hired attorney David...

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