Sinclair, Etc. & Zavertnik, PA v. Baucom

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Mabry rule did not apply in case where attorney informed of settlement after the fact and attempts were made to negotiate the fee
• holding that to be “timely” the notice of a charging lien must be filed “before the lawsuit has been reduced to judgment”
• holding that an attorney was entitled to enforcement of his charging lien, but not in the context of a priority dispute
• holding that a charging “hen is an equitable right to have costs and fees due an attorney for services in the suit secured to him in the judgment or recovery in that particular suit”
• wife's attorneys not entitled to pursue husband for their fees, despite perfected charging lien, where wife agreed to settlement which made her liable for fees
• the understanding required to meet this requirement is that “the payment is either dependent upon recovery or that payment will come from the recovery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).