Legal Opinion
Olszewski v. Jordan
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 16, 2013No. AC 34584PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BEAR, J.
The important question raised by this appeal is whether an attorney charging lien can arise by operation of law to be applied to assets or an interest in assets assigned to a party in a dissolution of marriage action. The trial court answered that question in the negative. We disagree and, accordingly, reverse the judgment of the trial court.
In August, 2009, the court rendered a judgment dissolving the marriage of James F. Jordan III and Diana M. Jordan. James Jordan had been represented by the defendant Carlo Forzani, an attorney of the defendant law firm, Carlo Forzani, LLC,…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Hill v. OSJ of Bloomfield, LLCConnecticut Appellate Court · 2020
- Olszewski v. JordanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2015