2A:13-5 - Lien for services
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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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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