Legal Opinion
Klein v. Eubank
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 9, 1996PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Titone, J.
In this proceeding brought by an attorney to enforce a statutory charging lien, the issues are whether a lawyer who was once but is no longer the attorney of record may invoke the Judiciary Law § 475 lien and whether the protection of that statute is forfeited when the attorney and client mutually consent to the termination of their relationship. We hold that the statutory lien is available even where both of these conditions are present.
Petitioner represented respondents Eubank Group, Edwin Eubank and Ellis Duncan as attorney of record in their efforts to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Dunn v. Hudson River Electric Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1912
- People v. KeeffeNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Goldman v. Rafel Estates, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1945
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