Martinez v. Mintz Law Firm, LLC

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142 I take the time to wmte in dlssent because I not only believe the majority is wrong but also that its. ruhng today substantially alters the nature and impairs the protections of the "attorney's lien," an eneum-brance on the property of clients that has been available to attorneys for the collection of legal fees in this jurisdiction since before statehood. I also feel compelled to note the irony of having this momentous step taken precipitously, by a bare majority of a five-voting-member court, in a case in which the majority's interpretation of the attorney's lien statute was…