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Excuse me, do I look like a lawyer or some dumbfuck drunken robot who's speaking out of his arse? Although considering @Svetlana gave me a big green tick I think I'm on the right track. Anyway, from what I know about Texan law (which is nothing), you don't have to file papers or notify the court that you're dismissing a lawyer, you just need to let that lawyer know and then take them out back Ol' Yeller style.
@AnOminous @RodgerDodger, please tell me how wrong I am.
Correct me if wrong. My read on it is: it could hurt your case to publicly fire your lawyer (be it in the court, or public opinion, or whatever.) So that sort of thing wouldn't be compelled. Though you could certainly say so if you wanted to.You'd still be counsel of record until you changed that status.
Or they, or the new lawyer, would at least tell the judge they weren't on the case any more. There doesn't have to be a big thing about it unless someone doesn't agree.
The only time it would/should come up in court is if you don't have the means to hire another counsel, or if there were some legal reason/strategy you need to distance yourself from your lawyer. Or (highly unusual, and usually requires leave from the court itself) vise versa.
"I had a bad lawyer at that time" certainly seems like something that could impact a jury decision, specifically.