The company can provide a written submission (opposition to motion) and/or attend a hearing telephonically. Usuaully the court will require at least a telephonic link-in to the conference by the party whose lawyer is seeking withdrawal.
And yes, DaFoleyFelon cannot travel ~OUTside a limited area of NorCal without prior approval from his now PO, and since DaFoleyFelon claims no officer title or director title, he can't rep NTEK. So either Jeffy or Goulash John need to be the signatory on the written submission and/or teleconference or attend in person - OR a new Flowduh lawyer can appear representing NTEK and the co-defendants on the 29th (or when another hearing is scheduled, before or after the 29th) to hear the motion for the lawyer to withdraw.
Of course, if NTEK has a new lawyer by the 29th, the new lawyer will still move for time to 'get up to speed' on the case and ask for and likely be granted a 20 to 30 day delay until the substantive hearing on the pending Longside motion.
Perhaps Florida procedure is different, butt this is how courts in most states I'm aware of handle these situations. Which are quite common when a party wants to buy a delay or refuses to cooperate with a court order so their existing lawyer is basically forced to withdraw to protect himself from ethics/conptempt charges by the non-cooperation of his client forcing him into making some type of excuse statements which won't harm his client - butt place him in a badd spott with the court based on how he 'explains' the client's non-compliance. An 'I don't know, the client refuses to tell me.' is nott an acceptable response.
