§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 […]
§5-1. Persons disqualified to practice law – Alien eligibility.
No person shall practice as an attorney and counselor at law in any court of this state who is not a citizen of the United States, or who holds a commission as judge of any court of record, or who is a sheriff or coroner; nor shall the clerk of the Supreme Court, or the […]
§5-2. Oath.
Upon being permitted to practice as attorneys and counselors at law, they shall, in open court, take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; that you will do no falsehood or consent that any […]