OPINION NO. 14

 ATTORNEY LIENS ON CLIENT HOMESTEADS

 

Repealed:  April 4, 2003

It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to file an attorney lien against a client's homestead or the client's interest in the homestead without first obtaining a valid waiver of the client's homestead exemption.  The homestead exemption waiver must be a written document separate and apart from the fee agreement.

Adopted: June 15, 1990.