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[Attorney name] [Address] [Telephone number] Attorney for [e.g., Defendant], [name] xxx Court, County of xxx [xxx District] xxxxxx ) No. xxx Plaintiff(s) ) vs. ) DEMAND FOR APPOINTMENT OF ) ATTORNEY OR PERSONAL APPEARANCE xxxxxx ) Defendant(s) ) ______________________________) To [name of, e.g., plaintiff], [Name], your attorney of record, has [e.g., died, ceased to practice]. Under Code of Civil Procedure section 286, [e.g., defendant] demands that you appoint another attorney, or that you appear in person, in this action. If you appoint another attorney, please notify me by filing and serving a substitution of attorney form. If I have not received such a form by [date], I will assume that you have elected to appear in this action without an attorney, and further papers in the action will be served on you as provided by law. Date: xxx __________________________ [Typed name] Attorney for xxxxxx
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