Brit's Legal Team Not Allowed To Quit, Yet......

Britney Spears just cannot figure out this tricky legal system thing, y'all. She missed her fifth re-scheduled deposition yesterday because she was driving around doing...nothing. Brit tooled around Los Angeles in her white Mercedes playing with her hair. Is it any wonder her possibly soon-to-be ex legal team has deemed her "impossible?"
As PageSix.com reported yesterday, the law firm of Trope & Trope has filed a motion with Commissioner Scott Gordon to withdraw as counsel for the troubled pop singer, but just because they filed the motion doesn't mean they still aren't representing her until the judge hears the matter formally in court on February 4th.
Our well placed legal insider says that scheduled depositions that were listed on the motion filed in court yesterday, will take place as scheduled, lucky for Brit she still has legal ace Anne Kiley on her team — for now. Those depositions include two former disgruntled bodyguards, Lonnie Edwards and Anthony Barretto. Barretto emerged as a witness last year after he worked for Britney for a brief time and said at the time he feared for Jayden James and Sean Preston's safety.
Until Judge Scott Gordon rules on the matter, Trope & Trope are still her attorney's, and there is a chance that Judge Gordon could deny the motion as Brit has been threw a slew of attorney''s and bringing in new counsel will only prolong this drama much longer. This is a nightmare situation for all parties involved.
Source: Page Six

Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit

Britney Spears's lawyer, Sorrell Trope, filed a request Wednesday to withdraw from the singer's custody case, court documents show. "There has been a breakdown in communications between (Spears) and Trope & Trope (law firm) making further representation of her interests impossible," says the document. Trope gave no further details. But he told PEOPLE the ultimate decision to quit isn't up to him. "A lawyer cannot simply withdraw from a case," he says. "We will ask the court to relieve us, which will be heard (in court) within a month's time."The next hearing for Spears and Kevin Federline is set for Feb. 19. The request to withdraw was first reported by TMZ.com.Soucre: People

Spears' lawyers ask to quit custody case

LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears' lawyers in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline are quitting.
The law firm Trope and Trope asked a court Wednesday to be relieved as Spears' attorneys. The firm says there's been a "breakdown" in communication with the pop princess that makes representing her "impossible," according to the filing, obtained by CelebTV.com.
A message left with a publicist for Spears' record label was not immediately returned.
Spears and Federline have been wrangling for months over custody of their sons, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James.
Federline has temporary custody because Spears, who has limited visitation rights, has defied court orders. The two were married in October 2004 and finalized their divorce in July.
On a separate legal front, an attorney for Spears wants the city attorney's office to prove that the pop star is a permanent California resident and is subject to state laws that require her to have a valid California driver's license.
Spears faces up to a year of probation if convicted in a misdemeanor case of driving without a valid license, a charge to which she has pleaded not guilty. The case stems from a videotaped fender-bender in a parking lot in August. A hit-and-run charge has been dismissed.
Spears attorney J. Michael Flanagan earlier Wednesday requested that prosecutors be required to demonstrate that Spears, who owns homes in Louisiana and Florida, intends to make Los Angeles her permanent legal home.
"If they can establish that Britney is domiciled here in California, that she permanently intends to stay here, then she does have a requirement to get a license," Flanagan said in an interview. "Basically, it's a fix-it ticket."
Flanagan said Spears had a valid Louisiana license at the time of the incident and got a California license six days after the complaint was filed.
A call seeking comment from the city attorney's office was not immediately returned. The next court date is Jan. 25.