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770 ILCS 5/0.01 (2026)

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(770 ILCS 5/0.01) (from Ch. 13, par. 13.9)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Attorneys Lien Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

    
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Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1996–2024 · leading case: Wendling v. S. Illinois Hosp. Servs., 950 N.E.2d 646 (Ill. 2011).
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Wendling v. S. Illinois Hosp. Servs., 950 N.E.2d 646 (Ill. 2011). “Where the total liens filed under the Act amount to 40% of the judgment or settlement, the total amount of attorneys’ liens under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2008)) is limited to 30% of the judgment or settlement.”
Langone v. Schad, Diamond & Shedden, P.C., 943 N.E.2d 673 (Ill. App. Ct. 2010). “The court concluded that plaintiff could not recover under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2008)). In so ruling, the court said: “I just don’t see how it fits because the prerequisites for asserting the lien are the existence of a client with a claim…”
In re Est. of Allen, 362 Ill. App. 3d 944 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005). “In this case, there were no litigation proceeds or any settlement offers to which Alleman could claim an interest under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2000)) or an equitable lien theory.”
Temesvary v. Houdek, 703 N.E.2d 613 (Ill. App. Ct. 1998). “Under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)), attorneys are entitled to a lien “for the amount of any fee which may have been agreed upon by and between such attorneys and their clients, or, in the absence of such agreement, for a reasonable fee.”
Leroy v. ERA Valdivia Contractors, Inc., 2023 IL App (1st) 211323 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). “¶8 On January 31, 2019, Lane sent a “Notice of Attorney’s Lien,” pursuant to the Attorneys Lien Act (Lien Act) (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2018)), to defendants in the Leroy case.”
Twin Sewer & Water, Inc. v. Midwest Bank & Trust Co., 720 N.E.2d 636 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). “On March 30, 1998, Davidson Goldstein filed a petition for a summary proceeding to adjudicate liens, which alleged the existence of both a statutory lien under the Attorneys Lien Act (the Act) (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 1992)) and a common law retaining lien.”
Wolf v. Toolie, 2014 IL App (1st) 132243 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶4 The Act also provides that when the total amount of liens under the Act exceeds 40% of the “verdict, judgment, award, settlement, or compromise,” attorney liens under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2012)) “shall not exceed 30% of the verdict, judgment,…”
Burrell v. S. Truss, 667 N.E.2d 172 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996). “, the Dentists Lien Act (770 ILCS 20/6 (West 1992)), the Physical Therapist Lien Act (770 ILCS 75/7 (West 1992)), the Clinical Psychologists Lien Act (770 ILCS 10/6 (West 1992)), and the Emergency Medical Services Personnel Lien Act (770 ILCS 22/30 (West 1992)) — states that…”
Wolf v. Toolie, 2014 IL App (1st) 132243 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “¶4 The Act also provides that when the total amount of liens under the Act exceeds 40% of the "verdict, judgment, award, settlement, or compromise," attorney liens under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2012)) "shall not exceed 30% of the verdict, judgment,…”
Pedersen & Houpt, P.C. v. Main Street Vill. West, Part 1, LLC, 2012 IL App (1st) 112971 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). “The trial court ruled that the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2010)), unlike the Mechanics Lien Act (770 ILCS 60/0.”
Layden v. Chicago Title Land Trust Co., 2024 IL App (2d) 230007 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “1 ¶ 21 In plaintiff’s closing argument, she asserted that in its petition to adjudicate an attorney’s lien the law firm failed to request equitable relief or an award for quantum meruit and failed to meet the statutory requirements to perfect its lien under the Attorneys Lien…”
Langone v. Schad, Diamond & Shedden, PC, 943 N.E.2d 673 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011). “The court concluded that plaintiff could not recover under the Attorneys Lien Act (770 ILCS 5/0.01 et seq. (West 2008)). In so ruling, the court said: "I just don't see how it fits because the prerequisites for asserting the lien are the existence of a client with a claim…”
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