Those who are admitted to practice in the superior courts may practice in any court of this state other than the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, for each of which another and special license shall be obtained. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 362; Code 1868, § 423; Code 1873, § 388; Code 1882, […]
As used in this Code section, the term “leading counsel” means the person who, at the time of the trial or the raising of any issue connected with the case, is, in the judgment of the court, the counsel upon whom the client relies more than any other. When two or more attorneys employed on […]
Unless otherwise stipulated, one-half of the fee in any case is a retainer and is due at any time unless the attorney, without sufficient cause, abandons the case before rendering service to that value. In cases where he has rendered such service but cannot render the balance of service due to the act of his […]
Attorneys are prohibited from collecting any note or other contract in writing given as a fee in any case in which they have failed to attend to in person or by some competent attorney from the time of employment until the rendition of judgment. Any such note or written contract shall be null and void […]
In claim cases, the attorney causing the levy and prosecuting the rights of the plaintiff in execution shall be entitled to his fees from the proceeds of the property condemned although the holders of older liens may demand and recover the proceeds from the immediate client of the attorney. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 1989; […]
Attorneys at law shall have a lien on all papers and money of their clients in their possession for services rendered to them. They may retain the papers until the claims are satisfied and may apply the money to the satisfaction of the claims. Upon actions, judgments, and decrees for money, attorneys at law shall […]
Liens of attorneys at law in possession of personal property under a lien for fees shall be satisfied according to Code Section 44-14-550. History. Ga. L. 1873, p. 42, § 17; Code 1873, § 1992; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 63, § 4; Code 1882, § 1992; Civil Code 1895, § 2818; Civil Code 1910, § […]
Where attorneys retain in their hands the money of their clients after it has been demanded, they are liable to rule and otherwise as sheriffs are and incur the same penalties and consequences. History. Laws 1822, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 578; Code 1863, § 381; Code 1868, § 442; Code 1873, § 407; Code 1882, […]
Clients shall not be relieved from their liability for damages and penalties imposed by law on the ground that they acted under the advice of their counsel but are entitled to redress from their counsel for unskillful advice. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 384; Code 1868, § 445; Code 1873, § 410; Code 1882, § […]
It shall be the duty of the Justices of the Supreme Court to appoint and fix the number, terms, and compensation of the Board of Bar Examiners, whose powers and duties shall be as set forth by the Supreme Court by rule. All salaries, fees, and other expenses incurred in administering the Board of Bar […]
The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be authorized to make and adopt rules as to the making of application to take an examination and as to the time, manner, and places of holding examinations for admission to the bar of this state and are specifically authorized to provide for the holding of the examinations […]
It is the duty of attorneys at law: To maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers; To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to them, such means only as are consistent with truth and never to seek to mislead the judges or juries by any artifice or false […]
Attorneys have authority to bind their clients in any action or proceeding by any agreement in relation to the cause, made in writing, and by signing judgments, entering appeals, and entering such matters, when permissible, on the dockets of the court. Attorneys who are otherwise authorized by law to take affidavits and administer oaths shall […]
Without special authority, attorneys cannot receive anything in discharge of a client’s claim but the full amount in cash. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 383; Code 1868, § 444; Code 1873, § 409; Code 1882, § 409; Civil Code 1895, § 4418; Civil Code 1910, § 4956; Code 1933, § 9-606. Law reviews. For article […]
The presiding judge or justice, on motion of either party and on showing reasonable grounds therefor, may require any attorney who assumes the right to appear in a case to produce or prove the authority under which he appears and to disclose, whenever pertinent to any issue, the name of the person who employed him […]
If it is alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears that the attorney does so without authority, the court, at any stage of the proceedings, if fully satisfied that the allegation is true, may relieve the party for whom the attorney assumed to appear from the consequences of his acts. History. Orig. Code […]
Any attorney appearing for a person without being employed, unless by leave of the court, is guilty of a contempt of court and shall be fined not less than $500.00. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 386; Code 1868, § 447; Code 1873, § 412; Code 1882, § 412; Civil Code 1895, § 4422; Civil Code […]
