RE:Montalva UpdateHaving legal counsel resign from a case typically is for the following reasons.
"This can occur where a lawyer is deceived by a client, the client refuses to act upon the lawyer's advice repeatedly or with respect to a substantive matter, or the lawyer is facing difficulty in obtaining instructions. If, after reasonable notice, the client fails to provide a retainer or to pay their account."
Clients can fire their attorneys at will (without notification to the courts) but a law firm resigning is quite different animal.