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1Clear out junk files and repair common Windows errors2Scan for outdated or missing drivers - takes under a minute3Repair Windows errors before they cause bigger problemsIn October 2023, attorneys for Mike Lindell and MyPillow asked federal courts for permission to withdraw from several defamation cases, saying unpaid legal fees had reached the millions and they could not afford to keep representing him. Lindell separately told The Associated Press he was out of money. The reports did not establish an exact fee balance, and a request to withdraw was not itself a completed withdrawal.
What the lawyers said—and what Lindell said
Attorney Andrew Parker said his firm and another firm could not afford to continue representation through the litigation. In the Associated Press’s account of the filings, Parker wrote that continuing to defend Lindell would put the firms “in serious financial risk.” The filing-related reporting described the unpaid fees as millions of dollars, but did not give a precise total. (Associated Press)
Lindell confirmed in an interview with the AP that he was out of money. CBS MoneyWatch reported additional figures as Lindell’s own statements: he said attorney costs were $2 million per month, he had $10,000 to his name, and MyPillow had lost about $7 million in the prior year. These were not independently audited findings. CBS also described lawyers’ claims in the filing that payments had been delayed or made only in part. (CBS MoneyWatch)
Which cases were involved?
The withdrawal requests concerned representation in distinct defamation matters involving Smartmatic, Dominion Voting Systems, and former Dominion executive Eric Coomer. The cases were separate; the reporting does not establish that a single unpaid-fee figure applied identically across every matter. The contemporaneous coverage connected the requests to litigation over election-related claims made by Lindell and MyPillow. (Associated Press; CBS MoneyWatch)
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A request to withdraw is not the same as leaving a case
The lawyers asked federal courts for permission to end their representation. Filing such a request does not, by itself, establish that a judge granted it or that counsel immediately ceased representing a client. The contemporaneous reports covered the requests and the reasons lawyers gave; they do not establish the exact disposition of each motion. Accordingly, “mass exodus” describes the reported push by lawyers to withdraw, not proof that all lawyers had already left the cases.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What happened later in the litigation?
In June 2026, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported that Liberty Vote, the company formerly known as Dominion Voting Systems, and Lindell and MyPillow agreed to a confidential settlement and dismissed Dominion’s $1.3 billion case. The parties agreed to bear their own legal fees and costs. Lindell estimated that his Dominion legal fight had cost him about $20 million; that is his estimate of litigation costs, not the lawyers’ 2023 claim about unpaid fees. The settlement does not retroactively establish or settle the balance alleged in the 2023 withdrawal requests. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
The same 2026 report described the other matters separately: a federal Smartmatic case remained, with monetary damages still to be determined after summary judgment, and a jury had found Lindell liable to Coomer for defamation and awarded Coomer $2.3 million. Those are later developments, not outcomes of the 2023 requests to withdraw. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
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