§5-18. Inactive status – Application – Reactivation.
A. Any person who has been admitted to practice as an attorney in this state, who is a member in good standing of the bar of this state, and who meets all requirements for licensure in this state may apply for status as an inactive member of the bar. B. The application for such status […]
§5-3. Duties of attorney and counselor.
It is the duty of an attorney and counselor: First. To maintain, while in the presence of the courts of justice, or in the presence of judicial officers engaged in the discharge of judicial duties, the respect due to the said courts and judicial officers, and at all times to obey all lawful orders and […]
§5-4. Receipt of money for client – Discharge of claim – Acknowledging satisfaction of judgment.
An attorney and counselor has power to receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or afterwards, unless he has been previously discharged by his client, and, upon payment thereof, and not otherwise, to discharge the claim or acknowledge satisfaction of the judgment. R.L.1910, § 245.
§5-5. Proof of authority – Stay of proceedings.
The court, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, may require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears and, until the attorney does so, may stay […]
§5-6. Attorneys’ lien – When attaching – Extent – Effect of settlement on lien – Notice of lien – Filing – Endorsement.
A. From the commencement of an action, or from the filing of an answer containing a counterclaim, the attorney who represents the party in whose behalf such pleading is filed shall, to the extent hereinafter specified, have a lien upon his client’s cause of action or counterclaim, and same shall attach to any verdict, report, […]
§5-7. Contingent fee – Limitation on amount – Compromise or settlement – Effect on lien – Certain contracts void.
It shall be lawful for an attorney to contract for a percentage or portion of the proceeds of a client’s cause of action or claim not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the net amount of such judgment as may be recovered, or such compromise as may be made, whether the same arises ex contractu […]
§5-8. Adverse party – Liability on settlement or compromise of claim involving lien – Lien as against judgment debtor – Enforcement of lien.
Should the party to any action or proposed action whose interest is adverse to the client contracting with an attorney settle or compromise a cause of action, claim or judgment wherein any lien perfected under Sections 6 and 7 of this title is involved and such settlement or compromise is made without the consent of […]
§5-9. Adverse party – Amount of liability on settlement or compromise.
Should the amount of the attorney’s fees be agreed upon in the contract of employment, then such attorney’s lien and cause of action against such adverse party shall be for the amount or portion of the property so agreed upon. If the fee be not fixed by contract the lien and cause of action, as […]
§5-10. Bond to dissolve lien.
Any person interested may release said lien by executing a bond in the sum double the amount claimed, or in such sum as may be fixed by a judge of the court in which the action or judgment is or has been pending, payable to the attorney, with security to be approved by the clerk […]
§5-11. Licensed attorneys and their spouses – Prohibition on becoming sureties – Effect of unauthorized bond.
Licensed attorneys of this state, their spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys, are prohibited from signing any bonds as surety in any civil or criminal action, pending or about to be commenced in any of the courts of this state, or before […]