Conference Background and Agenda
RULES OF PRACTICE FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
APPROVED BY THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA
Effective March 1, 1994 and Including Rules Current Through January 2, 2001
Rule 5.28. Withdrawal of attorney in limited services ("unbundled services") contract.
(a) An attorney who contracts with a client to limit the scope of representation shall state that limitation in the first paragraph of the first paper or pleading filed on behalf of that client. Additionally, if the attorney appears at a hearing on behalf of a client pursuant to a limited scope contract, the attorney shall notify the court of that limitation at the beginning of that hearing.
(b) An attorney who contracts with a client to limit the scope of representation shall be permitted to withdraw from representation before the court by filing a Substitution of Attorney with the clerk's office. The Substitution of Attorney shall state that the attorney is withdrawing from the case because the attorney was hired to perform a limited service, that service has been completed, and shall include a copy of the limited services retainer agreement between the attorney and the client. The Substitution of Attorney shall also state that the client will be representing himself or herself in proper person unless another attorney agrees to represent the client and shall contain the client's address, or last known address, and telephone number at which the client may be served with notice of further proceedings taken in the case. The attorney must serve a copy of the Substitution of Attorney upon the client and all other parties to the action or their attorneys.
[Added effective August 21, 2000.]