California Court of Appeal

An attorney's lien was improperly ordered "expunged," where the trial court lacked jurisdiction to assess the validity of the lien, due to questions of fact surrounding a contractual relationship, to be decided in an independent action to enforce the lien claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2002
• Published 06/28/2002

Judges

• JONES, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Zachary M. Best, for claimant and appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel U. Smith, Los Angeles, Paul B. Justi;  Angela Alioto, San Francisco, Steven L. Robinson, Law Offices of Joseph Alioto & Angela Alioto, San Francisco, for plaintiffs and respondents.