An attorney has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon any papers of his or her client that have come into his or her possession in the course of his or her professional employment and upon money due to his or her client in the hands of the adverse party in an action or proceeding in which the attorney was employed from the time of giving notice of the lien to that party.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-5-120 and amended by 2017 Ch. 192, §1, eff. 8/9/2017.L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 701, § 1, effective August 9.This section is similar to former § 12-5-120 as it existed prior to 2017.
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