· 11/14/1995
Saltarelli & Steponovich v. Douglas
Citations
- 40 Cal. App. 4th 1
- 46 Cal. Rptr. 2d 683
- 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8751
- 95 Daily Journal DAR 15121
- 1995 Cal. App. LEXIS 1107
How courts have described this case
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- holding that debtor/client’s bankruptcy discharge did not eliminate attorney’s charging hen on debtor/client’s prospective recovery in lawsuit filed pre-petition
- “[T]he discharge of an obligation to pay an attorney for prepetition legal services does not prevent the attorney from enforcing a lien securing payment for those services unless the lien has been disallowed or avoided during bankruptcy.”
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Judges: Rylaarsdam
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