Robert T. O'Donnell v. Julia L. Vargo

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 8, 2015
• Docket: 05-14-00404-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order entered April 8, 2015

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00404-CV

ROBERT T. O’DONNELL, Appellant

V.

JULIA L. VARGO, Appellee

On Appeal from the 302nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DF-86-15027

ORDER On September 29, 2014, Michelle May O’Neil, lead counsel for appellant, Robert T.

O’Donnell, filed a brief on appellant’s behalf. On March 31, 2015, O’Neil filed a verified

motion to withdraw as appellant’s counsel stating as grounds that she is unable to effectively

communicate with her client in a manner consistent with good attorney-client relations and that

appellant has failed to meet the terms and conditions of the engagement contract between

appellant and counsel’s firm, Godwin Lewis P.C. O’Neil states in her motion to withdraw that

she sent appellant a copy of the motion, including a list of all deadlines and settings in the

appeal, pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 6.5(a)(3) & (b) and informed appellant

of his right to object to the motion pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 6.5(a)(4). As

of the date of this Order, April 8, 2015, appellant has not responded to O’Neil’s motion or advised the Court that he has obtained substitute counsel. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5(a)(4), (d).

Accordingly, we GRANT O’Neil’s motion and ORDER that Michelle May O’Neil is

WITHDRAWN as appellant’s counsel in this appeal. We DIRECT Michelle May O’Neil to

comply with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 6.5(c).

/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS PRESIDING JUSTICE