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BERO-WACHS v. LAW OFFICE OF LOGAR & PULVER

No. 44488, 46865.

157 P.3d 704 (2007)

Francesca BERO-WACHS, Appellant, v. THE LAW OFFICE OF LOGAR & PULVER, Respondent. Law Office of Logar & Pulver, APC and Dan Degeus, C.P.A., Petitioners, v. The Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Washoe, the Honorable Chuck Weller, as Successor to the Honorable Scott Jordan, Department 11 Thereof, Presiding, Respondent, and Francesca Bero-Wachs and Jeffrey Alan Wachs, Real Parties in Interest.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 3, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of William M. O'Mara and David C. O'Mara and William M. O'Mara, Reno, for Appellant/Real Party in Interest Bero-Wachs.

Richard F. Cornell, Reno, for Respondent/Petitioners.

Law Office of Logar & Pulver, APC, and Ronald J. Logar and Eric A. Pulver, Reno, for Respondent.

Donald K. Coppa, Reno, for Real Party in Interest Wachs.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

DOUGLAS, J.

In this opinion, we consider two issues regarding attorney's liens. First, we consider whether an attorney's lien attaches to property awarded in a divorce decree that is exempt from execution by a creditor. Second, we consider whether an attorney can include a forensic accountant's fees in his attorney's lien if the client entered into an independent contract with the accountant to pay for the accountant's fees.

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