| Law Firm Says It Can
Represent Itself in SDNY While Defendant Says
It Hates Such Cases
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 29 – A law firm wants to
represent itself in suing to
get $173,712.39 in legal fees.
But can any entity, including
a law firm, represent
itself?
On
December 29 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Lewis J. Liman held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The firm of
Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron
LLP of 605 Third Avenue says
it can represent itself, that
it has a case to that effect.
Judge Liman asked for it to be
briefed, in a letter.
"Are you
working this week?" he was
asked. The answer seemed
obvious. The letter was
supposedly be submitted on
December 30.
The
defense lawyer, on the other
hand, said "I hate these kind
of cases."
Judge Liman set a
trial date of August 16,
noting he does not expect the
case to go to trial. He was
told, I hope your court is
holding trials by April. The
hope was shared.
This case is
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron
LLP v. DiPietro et al.,
20-cv-8752 (Liman)
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