Tennessee Statutes
§ 23-2-103 — Lien on action begun before employment
Tennessee § 23-2-103
JurisdictionTennessee
Title23
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 23-2-103 (2026).
Text
Any attorney or solicitor who is employed to prosecute a suit that has already been brought in any court of record shall have a lien upon the plaintiff's right of action from the date of the attorney's or solicitor's employment in the case; provided, that the record of the case shall first be made to show such employment by notice upon the rule docket of such court, by a written memorandum filed with the papers in the case or by notice served upon the defendant in the case.
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Related
Joann Mallinak Glassell v. Richard Lee Glassell
152 S.W.3d 5 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2004)
In Re Pass
258 B.R. 170 (E.D. Tennessee, 2001)
Cincinnati Insurance Company v. McLean (PLR2)
(E.D. Tennessee, 2019)
Dorothy Lavon W. Coleman v. Keith M. Coleman (ShawnCoulson, LLP, Wheeler & Franks Law Firm, P.C., Movants in Fee Dispute) - Dissenting Opinion
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2013)
Bradi Baker-Brunkhorst v. Geoffrey B. Brunkhorst
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2021)
Joan Schmitt v. James Smith
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
Legislative History
Acts 1899, ch. 243, § 2; Shan., § 3592a2; mod. Code 1932, §8036; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 29-203.
Nearby Sections
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§ 23-1-101
Board of law examiners§ 23-1-103
Examination of applicants§ 23-1-105
Admission on foreign license§ 23-1-106
Fees - Accounting§ 23-1-107
Women admitted to practice§ 23-1-109
Party acting as own attorney§ 23-2-101
Counsel assigned to paupers§ 23-2-102
Lien on right of action§ 23-2-103
Lien on action begun before employment§ 23-2-104
Power of attorney to execute papers§ 23-2-105
Service of subpoenas§ 23-3-101
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Tennessee § 23-2-103, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/23-2-103.