Can an attorney represent themselves in litigation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dameshghi v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., 3 Cal.App.4th 1262, 6 Cal.Rptr.2d 515 (Cal. App. 1992):
In Renfrew v. Loysen (1985) 175 Cal.App.3d 1105, 1109-1110, 222 Cal.Rptr. 413, the court noted that under similar circumstances, where an attorney represents herself in litigation, she is required to utilize professional time and skill which would have otherwise been available for her regular law practice. The court stated that to allow a losing party to escape an obligation to pay attorney's fees required under a contract, "simply because the attorney
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