Northwest Arkansas Recovery, Inc. v. Davis

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal involve the collection of attorney’s fees and whether the attorney’s Hen statute, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-22-304 (Supp. 2003), extends to lands owned by the client and benefitted by the attorney’s efforts. The trial court entered judgment for the attorney for the fees but declined to extend an attorney’s Hen to the client’s property. We find no error and affirm.

Appellees Boyce Davis and Davis and Zega, P.C. (collectively Davis), began representing appellant Northwest Arkansas Recovery, Inc. (NWAR), in 1996 to obtain a permit for NWAR to…