Well that took longer than I expected but it is not surprising. Rudy Giuliani's lawyers have been trying to cover for his obvious attempts to avoid complying with court orders for a while and now that the judge finally threatened issuing an order for contempt of court, the lawyers apparently decided it was not worth to stick their necks out for their delinquent client.
The specific reason or reasons for the two lawyers’ requested withdrawals aren’t fully clear because the court filing asking for withdrawal is partially redacted, but the lawyer's cited a rule equivalent to Model Rule 1.16(b)(4) which states that a lawyer may withdraw when the client insists upon taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant or with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement and another local rule that states that the lawyer can withdraw when the client fails to cooperate in the representation or otherwise renders the representation unreasonably difficult for the lawyer to carry out employment effectively.
I assume these allegations are based on the fact that Giuliani tried to hide assets and kept avoiding complying with court orders. And let's not forget that he lost the defamation case because he refused to comply with discovery in the first place...
You can read more about the adventure it is to represent a client like Rudy and why it is better to step away from him here:
By the end of the week, Giuliani had found a new lawyer and relinquished some of his property as obligated by the court's order. The Guardian has that part of the story here.
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