[thaumasiotes]

Hmmm... compare http://www.loweringthebar.net/2015/03/obligation-to-make-sen... .

According to that one, it is not acceptable for a lawyer to file the petition his client wants him to file, if that petition doesn't meet the court's standards. If judges can censure lawyers for acceding to their clients' demands, so can the rest of us.

How much time does it take to withdraw as counsel?

[mkopinsky]

There's a big difference between a court filing and lawyerly nastygram. By sending inappropriate nastygrams you're not wasting the court's time.

[thaumasiotes]

I can see why the judge would see this as an important difference, but I don't see that it actually is one. Why do I care which option wastes the court's time?