Pullen v. Ziegler’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"We find that Morris Bart has a privilege on the proceeds of the judgment ... This is consistent with the manner in which the statute has been applied heretofore. R.S. 9:5001 grants to attorneys a privilege of first rank for their fees on judgments obtained by them and on property recovered thereby. In Roberts v. Hanover Ins. Co., 338 So.2d 158 (La.App. 2d Cir.1976) the court discussed the history of La.R.S. 9:5001. Act 124 of 1906 amended the attorney fee privilege provisions to subject not only the judgment but any property recovered thereunder to the privilege. The court held that attorneys are not `ordinary creditors' nor must they record their privilege."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 690 So. 2d 1112 - Ragas v. Ragas

2. “the legislature clarified the phrase `professional fees' as it [currently] appear[s] in La. R.S. 9:5001 to include the agreed upon fee, whether fixed or contingent, and any and all other amounts advanced by the attorney to or on behalf of the client as permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Louisiana State Bar Association.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 690 So. 2d 1112 - Ragas v. Ragas

3. “[a] special privilege is hereby granted to attorneys at law for the amount of their professional fees on all judgments obtained by them, and on the property recovered thereby, either as plaintiff or defendant, to take rank as a first privilege thereon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 690 So. 2d 1112 - Ragas v. Ragas