Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Ordinarily, if the old attorney voluntarily withdrew, he automatically loses his lien. The old lawyer only gets a lien when he's fired, or replaced against his will.

Since there are plenty of other lawyers looking at this case but none of them are taking it, then I don't think that the facts are quite the way you stated them. You should know that just failing to communicate is not the same as "withdrawing." For him to withdraw, he would need to send a letter saying so. Sounds like your friend didn't like the lack of communication, so now he's looking to remove and replace the old lawyer against his will.

It's highly unlikely that the old attorney will voluntarily agree to let go of his lien on a valuable case when he's being kicked out. Yes, he should have talked to his client and kept in contact, but that doesn't mean he loses his lien.

Personally, I take cases with liens on them all the time. If the case is worth it, I'm not so greedy that I need to keep all the fees for myself. If you want, I'd be glad to take a closer look at the situation. Go ahead and give me a call at (877) LION FOR LAW (546-6367) or email michael@thelionslaw and we'll talk it over.

I agree in full with the above answer. Cotact the closest attorney to your residence.

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