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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
Paging Quirt!

Since when is it necessary to do a substitution?

All you have to do is add the extra lawyers, leaving the old lawyers as attorneys of record also. Then the new lawyers do whatever they want, never Having the old lawyers sign anything.

What am I missing?

What I have read is that the old lawyers insisted on withdrawing, because they had made representations to the court on behalf of their client and those representations were no longer accurate.

As I said, this is just what I've read. I have no independent knowledge of whether what you suggest would work; I'm not a litigator.