RMCLR 3.1.1
                     WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY


     Pursuant to CrRLJ 3.1(e), no attorney may withdraw except upon
consent of the court for good cause shown when a case has been set for
trial. The motion shall be made in open court with notice to interested
parties. Except in cases where withdrawal is mandated by the Rules of
Professional Conduct, the court should not permit withdrawal unless
there is simultaneous substitution of a lawyer who is prepared to
proceed on the scheduled trial date. A substitution of counsel not
mandated by the Rules of Professional Conduct which is accompanied by a
motion to continue the trial date should only be granted upon actual
payment of terms and/or costs.


[Adopted Effective September 1,2001]