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HB2076 Engrossed                     LRB093 02508 LCB 02518 b

 1        AN ACT concerning liens.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Attorneys Lien Act is amended by changing
 5    Section 1 as follows:

 6        (770 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 14)
 7        Sec. 1.  Attorneys at law shall  have  a  lien  upon  all
 8    claims,  demands  and  causes of action, including all claims
 9    for unliquidated damages, which may be placed in their  hands
10    by  their  clients for suit or collection, or upon which suit
11    or action has been instituted, for  the  amount  of  any  fee
12    which may have been agreed upon by and between such attorneys
13    and  their clients, or, in the absence of such agreement, for
14    a reasonable fee, for the services  of  such  suits,  claims,
15    demands  or  causes  of  action, plus costs and expenses.  To
16    enforce the such lien, such attorneys shall serve  notice  in
17    writing, which service may be made by registered or certified
18    mail, upon the party against whom their clients may have such
19    suits,  claims  or  causes  of action, claiming such lien and
20    stating therein the interest they have in such suits, claims,
21    demands or causes of action.  Such lien shall attach  to  any
22    verdict,  judgment  or  order  entered  and  to  any money or
23    property which may be recovered, on account  of  such  suits,
24    claims,  demands or causes of action, from and after the time
25    of  service  of  the  notice.   On  petition  filed  by  such
26    attorneys  or  their   clients   any   court   of   competent
27    jurisdiction  shall,  on  not less than 5 days' notice to the
28    adverse party, adjudicate  the  rights  of  the  parties  and
29    enforce the lien.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-1156; 87-425.)