The attorneys representing former South Lake Tahoe resident Patty Olson in her drawn out bankruptcy proceedings want to stop representing her.

Darby Law Practices have filed the paperwork to withdraw as legal counsel. That request is scheduled to be heard next month. According to court documents, Olson has retained another attorney.

Court documents say, “DLP seeks to withdraw as counsel of record to Mrs. Olson because she has insisted on taking and has taken actions contrary to the advice of counsel. Additionally, continued representation of Mrs. Olson is a financial burden on DLP. DLP has performed substantial legal services for Mrs. Olson for which it has not been compensated.”

The firm has represented her since January 2016.

Olson’s commercial property in the Bijou center where Tahoe Wellness Cooperative operates is tied up in the bankruptcy case. She has appealed the bankruptcy court’s ruling that it cannot hear the case based on her tenant who operates a business not recognized by the federal government as being legal.

The court had stayed the foreclosure process for now.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report