2A:13-5.Ā  Lien for services
After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of aĀ  pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellorĀ  at law, who shall appear in the cause for the party instituting the action orĀ  maintaining the third-party claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, shall have aĀ  lien for compensation, upon his client's action, cause of action, claim orĀ  counterclaim or cross-claim, which shall contain and attach to a verdict,Ā  report, decision, award, judgment or final order in his client's favor, and theĀ  proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come.Ā  The lien shall not beĀ  affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment orĀ  final order, nor by the entry of satisfaction or cancellation of a judgment onĀ  the record.Ā  The court in which the action or other proceeding is pending, uponĀ  the petition of the attorney or counsellor at law, may determine and enforceĀ  the lien.
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L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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