SOMMER v. RHOADS

No. 1267, September Term, 2005.

910 A.2d 514 (2006)

171 Md. App. 392

Fred S. SOMMER, et al. v. Lori Denise RHOADS.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

October 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy D. Baron (Fred S. Sommer, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, PA. on the brief) Rockville, for appellant.

Matthew H. Simmons (Alan B. Neurick, Simmons & Associates, Chartered on the brief) Bethesda, for appellee.

Argued before ADKINS, KRAUSER, RODOWSKY and LAWRENCE F., JJ.


ADKINS, J.

In this case, we consider whether a statutory attorney's lien against a client's cause of action for work performed before the client's bankruptcy may survive that bankruptcy, even though the attorney did not give the notices required to assert the lien at the time the bankruptcy was filed. We shall hold that it may.

FACTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Appellants Fred S. Sommer, an attorney, and Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A...

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