Okla. Stat. tit. 5, § 5-9
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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 lien and cause of action, as aforesaid, shall be for a
reasonable amount for not only the services actually rendered by
such attorney, but for a sum, which it might be reasonably supposed,
would have been earned by him, had he been permitted to complete his
contract, and been successful in the action, and such attorney in
order to recover need not establish that his client, if the case has
gone to trial, would have been successful in the action, but the
fact of settlement shall be sufficient without other proof to
establish that the party making the settlement was liable in the
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action. Should the contract be for a contingent fee and specify the
amount for which action is to be filed, then the lien and cause of
action, as aforesaid shall be for the amount contracted for if fixed
at a definite sum of money or for the percentage of the amount or
property sued for as mentioned in said contract where the fee is
fixed on a percentage basis, not exceeding thirty-three and one-
third percent (33 1/3%) of the amount sued on where the settlement
is before a verdict or judgment and if made after verdict or
judgment then the full contract price.
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 lien and cause of action, as aforesaid, shall be for a
reasonable amount for not only the services actually rendered by
such attorney, but for a sum, which it might be reasonably supposed,
would have been earned by him, had he been permitted to complete his
contract, and been successful in the action, and such attorney in
order to recover need not establish that his client, if the case has
gone to trial, would have been successful in the action, but the
fact of settlement shall be sufficient without other proof to
establish that the party making the settlement was liable in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 5. Attorneys and State Bar Page 7
action. Should the contract be for a contingent fee and specify the
amount for which action is to be filed, then the lien and cause of
action, as aforesaid shall be for the amount contracted for if fixed
at a definite sum of money or for the percentage of the amount or
property sued for as mentioned in said contract where the fee is
fixed on a percentage basis, not exceeding thirty-three and one-
third percent (33 1/3%) of the amount sued on where the settlement
is before a verdict or judgment and if made after verdict or
judgment then the full contract price.
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