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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 376.460 (2026)

Attorney's lien

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Each attorney shall have a lien upon all claims, except those of the state, put into his hands for suit or collection or upon which suit has been instituted, for the amount of any fee agreed upon by the parties or, in the absence of such agreement, for a reasonable fee. If the action is prosecuted to a recovery of money or property, the attorney shall have a lien upon the judgment recovered, legal costs excepted, for his fee. If the records show the name of the attorney, the defendant shall be deemed to have notice of the lien. If the parties in good faith and before judgment compromise or settle their controversy without the payment of money or other thing of value, the attorney for the plaintiff shall have no claim against the defendant for any part of his fee. History: Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 9.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: Stone v. DuBarry, 513 S.W.3d 325 (Ky. 2016).
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Stone v. DuBarry, 513 S.W.3d 325 (Ky. 2016). · cites it 15× “This Court granted discretionary review to address whether KRS 376.460, known as the attorney’s lien statute, creates an enforceable statutory attorney fee lien in dissolution actions.”
Ford v. Faller, 439 S.W.3d 173 (Ky. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 12× “By letter dated the same day as the sale, the Family Trust sent correspondence to Faller notifying her that based on its interpretation of KRS 376.460, her lien was possibly in violation of KRS 434.”
Land v. Newsome, 614 S.W.2d 948 (Ky. 1981). · cites it 4× “200 (now KRS 376.460). Bound up with this argument is the contention that the Fund is now liable to Mr.”
Ross v. Scannell, 647 P.2d 1004 (Wash. 1982). · cites it 2× “18 (West 1975); Ky. Rev. Stat. § 376.460 (Supp. 1980). [5] After the Supreme Court of Colorado decided to allow unadjudicated attorneys' liens to attach property, Fillmore v.”
Commonwealth Health Corp. v. Croslin, 920 S.W.2d 46 (Ky. 1996). “When Croslin learned of the settlement, counsel filed an Assertion of Attorney’s Lien pursuant to KRS 376.460 and KRS 304.39-070, seeking to recover attorney’s fees and court costs.”
Guy v. Lexington-Fayette Urban Cnty. Gov't, 624 F. App'x 922 (6th Cir. 2015). “In the case underlying Bonar, the plaintiff-appellant lawyer simultaneously filed a motion to withdraw and a notice of attorney lien under Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 376.460 . Id. at 422 .”
B. Dahlenburg Bonar, P.S.C. v. Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., 373 S.W.3d 419 (Ky. 2012). “” She contemporaneously filed a notice of attorney’s lien pursuant to KRS 376.460. In May of 2005, a tentative settlement was reached in the Doe matter.”
Hughes & Coleman, Pllc v. Ann Clark Chambers of the Est. of James W. Chambers, 526 S.W.3d 70 (Ky. 2017). “Hughes & Coleman asserted an attorney’s lien on that fee under KRS 376.460, claiming that it was entitled to a quantum meruit share of the fee as compensation for its services rendered to Underwood before being terminated.”
LaBach v. Hampton, 585 S.W.2d 434 (Ky. Ct. App. 1979). “The existence of the lien against the proceeds of the recovery causes the claim for a fee to be an integral part of the subject matter of the action rather than a matter foreign to it.”
Bradley v. Est. of Lester, 355 S.W.3d 470 (Ky. Ct. App. 2011). “Once Equitable began making payments to Oyler’s clients, Lester’s estate 4 asserted an attorney’s lien pursuant to KRS 376.460 for one-third of the amount recovered, the full amount provided in the fee agreement.”
Exch. Bank of Kentucky v. Wells, 860 S.W.2d 785 (Ky. Ct. App. 1993). “460 provides: Each attorney shall have a lien upon all claims, except those of the state, put into his hands for suit or collection or upon which suit has been instituted, for the amount of any fee agreed upon by the parties or, in the absence of such agreement, for a reasonable…”
Mohnsam v. Nemes (W.D. Ky. 2019). · cites it 4× “§ 376.460 (“Attorney’s Lien Statute”). V.”
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