Pullen v. Ziegler

The sole issue in this appeal is whether an attorney’s privilege under LSA-R.S. 9:5001 on a judgment he obtained in favor of the plaintiff entitles him to recovery of all the amounts he advanced to or on behalf of the client in addition to his agreed-upon fee. An amendment to the statute, effective June 16, 1989, provides specifically that attorneys are entitled to a privilege on those amounts; however, prior to the amendment the pertinent caselaw denied attorneys a privilege on any amounts other than the agreed-upon fee, taxable court costs, and necessary and reasonable expenses related to…