A lawyer predicts a bad outcome if he stays on his client’s case.

A South Florida criminal defense attorney pleads to be excused from representing a client who curses at him and doesn’t pay legal fees. He warns: “It is hard to imagine any scenario where this ends well.”

The judge’s response: You’re stuck with each other until the case is over.

People get into conflicts with their lawyers all the time, and usually the lawyer only has to utter the magic words “irreconcilable differences” to be released by the court.

But Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Kirk Volker recently twice refused attorney Donnie Murrell’s request to stop representing David Remland, 56, of Boca Raton.

In a Feb. 25 motion, Murrell wrote it would be “impossible” to continue working for Remland, who in 2017 and 2018 was charged with 11 felony violations of the state’s patient brokering law.

Murrell told the judge that Remland — targeted by authorities during a crackdown on abuses in the area’s drug-recovery industry — objected to Murrell leaving him.

Both Murrell and Remland could not be reached for comment despite recent attempts by phone.

Volker wrote on March 2 that he didn’t think Murrell’s relationship with Remland had “deteriorated to a point” where the defense would be ineffective. The judge also said Murrell has represented Remland for over 3½ years, and changing lawyers now would delay trial preparation.

So Murrell submitted a second request, this time detailing how Remland has failed to pay him, cursed at him, threatened to file complaints with the Florida Bar, and refused to attend hearings and meetings.

“The conflict between Mr. Remland and Murrell is more than a mere personality clash,” the veteran West Palm Beach-based lawyer explained.

He added that switching lawyers wouldn’t slow down the case, in part because trial court action will be paused due to an appeal filed Thursday by two co-defendants on an unrelated matter. Murrell insisted he shouldn’t be forced to defend Remland.

But the judge this month again refused to give Murrell a parachute.