{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-10-501","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions § 10–501","heading":"","body":"(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an attorney at law has a lien on:\n(1) a cause of action or proceeding of a client of the attorney at law from the time the cause of action arises or the proceeding begins; and\n(2) a settlement, judgment, or award that a client receives as a result of legal services that the attorney at law performs.\n(b) A lien under this section attaches only if, and to the extent that, under a specific agreement between an attorney at law and a client, the client owes the attorney at law a fee or other compensation for legal services that produced the settlement, judgment, or award.\n(c) A lien under this section is subordinate only to:\n(1) a prior lien for wages due to an employee of the client for work related to the settlement, judgment, or award; or\n(2) a lien for taxes that the client owes the State.\n(d) An attorney at law may retain property subject to a lien under this section and bring an action for execution under the lien only in accordance with rules that the Supreme Court of Maryland adopts.","path":["Article - Business Occupations and Professions"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gbo\u0026section=10-501","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:13Z","sha256":"14c5b96831b2fa36e681b85619ac40de156b1f2c429f98ee10ddb42cbe5dd2d4","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-10-407","next":"us-md/md.-code-business-occupations-and-professions-10-502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}