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Argued March 12, 2002

We are called on to answer a question of law certified and submitted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This is the first time that this Court will answer such a question pursuant to the procedures set forth under Rule 2:12A. The inquiry involves N.J.S.A. 2A:13-5, known as the Attorney’s Lien Act (the Act). As certified, the question is:

Whether under New Jersey law, in order to enforce a lien under [N.J.S.A.] 2A:13-5, an attorney must file a petition to acknowledge and enforce the lien prior to any settlement or final judgment in the underlying matter in which the attorney provided services giving rise to the lien? In other words, is the last sentence of [N.J.S.A. 2A:13-5] (“The court in which the action or other proceeding is pending, upon the petition of the attorney or [counsellor] at law, may determine and enforce the lien”) intended to control the forum where the petition is brought or the timing of the petition?

 
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