Georgia Code, Title 15, Chapter 19, Article 1 - General Provisions

• § 15-19-1 - Scope of Admission to Practice
  Those who are admitted to practice in the superior courts may practice in any court of this state other than the Supreme Court and...
• § 15-19-2 - Rules Governing Board of Examiners; Amount and Disposition of Examination Fees
  (a) It shall be the duty of the Justices of the Supreme Court to appoint and fix the number, terms, and compensation of the...
• § 15-19-3 - Rules Governing Examinations; Time and Place Thereof
  (a) The Justices of the Supreme Court shall be authorized to make and adopt rules as to the making of application to take an...
• § 15-19-4 - Duties of Attorneys
  It is the duty of attorneys at law: (1) To maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers; (2) To employ,...
• § 15-19-5 - Authority of Attorney to Bind Client
  Attorneys have authority to bind their clients in any action or proceeding by any agreement in relation to the cause, made in writing, and...
• § 15-19-6 - Handling Client's Funds
  Without special authority, attorneys cannot receive anything in discharge of a client's claim but the full amount in cash.
• § 15-19-7 - Proof of Authority
  The presiding judge or justice, on motion of either party and on showing reasonable grounds therefor, may require any attorney who assumes the right...
• § 15-19-8 - Relief From Acts of Unauthorized Attorney
  If it is alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears that the attorney does so without authority, the court, at any stage...
• § 15-19-9 - Unauthorized Appearance As Contempt; Penalty
  Any attorney appearing for a person without being employed, unless by leave of the court, is guilty of a contempt of court and shall...
• § 15-19-10 - Which of Several Counsel to Be Given Preference in Absence of Client
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "leading counsel" means the person who, at the time of the trial or the raising...
• § 15-19-11 - Attorney's Retainer; Recovery for Services Rendered
  Unless otherwise stipulated, one-half of the fee in any case is a retainer and is due at any time unless the attorney, without sufficient...
• § 15-19-12 - Status of Note or Obligation Given As Fee When Service Not Rendered; Penalty for Transfer
  Attorneys are prohibited from collecting any note or other contract in writing given as a fee in any case in which they have failed...
• § 15-19-13 - Right to Fees in Claim Cases
  In claim cases, the attorney causing the levy and prosecuting the rights of the plaintiff in execution shall be entitled to his fees from...
• § 15-19-14 - Liens for Services Rendered; Priority; Modes of Enforcement; Other Rights
  (a) Attorneys at law shall have a lien on all papers and money of their clients in their possession for services rendered to them....
• § 15-19-15 - Satisfaction of Liens
  Liens of attorneys at law in possession of personal property under a lien for fees shall be satisfied according to Code Section 44-14-550.
• § 15-19-16 - Liability of Attorneys
  Where attorneys retain in their hands the money of their clients after it has been demanded, they are liable to rule and otherwise as...
• § 15-19-17 - Effect of Advice of Counsel on Client's Liability; Redress
  Clients shall not be relieved from their liability for damages and penalties imposed by law on the ground that they acted under the advice...

Last modified: October 14, 2016