Does a plaintiff need to have a cocounsel?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Medina v. Kothawala, D071753 (Cal. App. 2018):

9. See Sycamore Ridge Apartments, LLC v. Naumann (2007) 157 Cal.App.4th 1385, 1407 ("By associating into the case as cocounsel, the . . . [attorneys] became the proponents of all of [client's] claims . . . .")

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