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Webinar: When the Attorney-Client Relationship Ends – Who Gets Paid? Attorney Liens

May 5 @ 12:00 pm 1:00 pm

1 Participatory MCLE Credits; 1 Legal Ethics

This program will review the law, ethics and practical considerations regarding the assertion of attorney liens. The program will explore how to properly protect an attorney lien in a variety of engagements, from hourly fee arrangements, contingency fees and flat fee settings. The speakers will discuss the assertion of, and defense against such liens and how to evaluate and prove the value of an attorney lien.

Speakers: Marina Fraigun and Erin Joyce

Non-Member Price
$75

Member Price
$55


Marina Kats Fraigun

Marina Kats Fraigun is the founder of Fraigun Law Group. She is a Plaintiff’s employment attorney in Sherman Oaks, California. She has been practicing for over 27 years. She has been named as a Super Lawyer and selected as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Southern California, Top 100 Lawyers in Southern California, and has earned the Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating. She is an aggressive but reasonable employment attorney and has been called a “pit bull”. Ms. Fraigun mentors younger lawyers, has acted as a Judge pro tem, and judged moot court. Marina is happily married and is raising two young adult sons and is an avid hiker. 

Erin Joyce

Attorney Erin Joyce has extensive experience in State Bar investigations and disciplinary proceedings, plus over thirty years of civil litigation practice. Erin was admitted in 1990 and practiced for nearly eight years in an intellectual property boutique before joining the Office of Chief Trial Counsel as a prosecutor for the State Bar, from 1997 through 2016. Erin has over twenty-five years of experience handling all aspects of discipline cases against attorneys in State Bar Court, from the filing of the complaint through trial and review. She has personally tried dozens of State Bar trials and several appeals. Erin has a comprehensive understanding of how State Bar investigations and proceedings unfold. Before going into private practice, Erin served as Chief Special Investigator for the Los Angeles Fire Department, as a prosecutor for the State Bar of California, and as a lawyer for multiple private practices. 

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