Title 5, Title 5 — Attorneys and State Bar
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5 O.S. § 1 Persons disqualified to practice law – Alien eligibility
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No person shall practice as an attorney and counselor at law in any court of this state who is not a citizen of the United States, or who holds a commission as judge of any court of record, or who is a sheriff or coroner; nor shall the clerk of the Supreme Court, or the clerk of …
5 O.S. § 10 Bond to dissolve lien
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Any person interested may release said lien by executing a bond in the sum double the amount claimed, or in such sum as may be fixed by a judge of the court in which the action or judgment is or has been pending, payable to the attorney, with security to be approved by the clerk …
5 O.S. § 11 Licensed attorneys and their spouses - Prohibition on
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becoming sureties - Effect of unauthorized bond. Licensed attorneys of this state, their spouses or anyone to whom said attorneys have conveyed property for the purpose of signing bonds for said attorneys, are prohibited from signing any bonds as surety in any civil or criminal a…
5 O.S. § 12 Qualifications and fitness for admission to practice law
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The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma shall have exclusive power and authority to pass upon qualifications and fitness of all applicants for admission to practice law in the State of Oklahoma, and the qualifications of such applicants shall be those which are now or may be h…
5 O.S. § 13 Disciplinary power and revocation of permit
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The Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma shall have the exclusive power and authority to discipline attorneys and counselors at law or revoke the permit to practice law granted to attorneys and counselors at law and the rules of conduct of attorneys and counselors at law in thi…
5 O.S. § 14 Examination of applicants - Admission - Oath - Order -
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Examining commission. When a person applies to the Supreme Court for admission to the bar, he shall be examined by the Court, or by a commission appointed by the Court, under such rules and regulations as the Court may provide, touching his fitness and qualifications; and if, on …
5 O.S. § 16 Examinations for applicants
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Within thirty (30) days after this act takes effect, the Supreme Court shall examine applicants for admission to the bar and all applicants who have heretofore been passed upon and allowed to take the examination of the Committee of State Bar Examiners shall be eligible for exami…
5 O.S. § 18 Inactive status - Application - Reactivation
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A. Any person who has been admitted to practice as an attorney in this state, who is a member in good standing of the bar of this state, and who meets all requirements for licensure in this state may apply for status as an inactive member of the bar. B. The application for such s…
5 O.S. § 2 Oath
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Upon being permitted to practice as attorneys and counselors at law, they shall, in open court, take the following oath: You do solemnly swear that you will support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma; that you …
5 O.S. § 3 Duties of attorney and counselor
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It is the duty of an attorney and counselor: First. To maintain, while in the presence of the courts of justice, or in the presence of judicial officers engaged in the discharge of judicial duties, the respect due to the said courts and judicial officers, and at all times to obey…
5 O.S. § 4 Receipt of money for client - Discharge of claim -
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Acknowledging satisfaction of judgment. An attorney and counselor has power to receive money claimed by his client in an action or proceeding during the pendency thereof, or afterwards, unless he has been previously discharged by his client, and, upon payment thereof, and not oth…
5 O.S. § 5 Proof of authority - Stay of proceedings
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The court, on motion of either party and on the showing of reasonable grounds therefor, may require the attorney for the adverse party or for any one of the several adverse parties to produce or prove by oath, or otherwise, the authority under which the attorney appears and, unti…
5 O.S. § 6 Attorneys' lien - When attaching - Extent - Effect of
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settlement on lien - Notice of lien - Filing - Endorsement. A. From the commencement of an action, or from the filing of an answer containing a counterclaim, the attorney who represents the party in whose behalf such pleading is filed shall, to the extent hereinafter specified, h…
5 O.S. § 7 Contingent fee - Limitation on amount - Compromise or
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settlement - Effect on lien - Certain contracts void. It shall be lawful for an attorney to contract for a percentage or portion of the proceeds of a client's cause of action or claim not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the net amount of such judgment as may be recovered, or suc…
5 O.S. § 8 Adverse party - Liability on settlement or compromise of
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claim involving lien - Lien as against judgment debtor - Enforcement of lien. Should the party to any action or proposed action whose interest is adverse to the client contracting with an attorney settle or compromise a cause of action, claim or judgment wherein any lien perfecte…
5 O.S. § 9 Adverse party - Amount of liability on settlement or
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compromise. Should the amount of the attorney's fees be agreed upon in the contract of employment, then such attorney's lien and cause of action against such adverse party shall be for the amount or portion of the property so agreed upon. If the fee be not fixed by contract the l…