HB470 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Matt Fridy

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Attorneys, cause of action for person solicited by attorney to bring lawsuit for purpose of procuring legal services to enrich attorney, Sec. 34-3-25 am'd.

Description

Existing law prohibits an attorney from soliciting a person to bring a legal action for the purpose of procuring the legal services of the attorney or his or her law firm.

Existing law also prohibits a person from receiving compensation from an attorney who solicits the person to bring a legal action in order to procure the legal services of the attorney or the attorney's law firm.

This bill would provide a cause of action for any person who was solicited by an attorney to bring a legal action for the purpose of procuring the legal services of the attorney or his or her law firm.

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Subjects

Attorneys