Sommer v. Rhoads

In this case, we consider whether a statutory attorney’s lien against a client’s cause of action for work performed before the client’s bankruptcy may survive that bankruptcy, even though the attorney did not give the notices required to assert the lien at the time the bankruptcy was filed. We shall hold that it may.

FACTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Appellants Fred S. Sommer, an attorney, and Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., his law firm (collectively referred to in the singular as Sommer), appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of their former client, appellee Lori Denise…