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2018 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 36 - Attorneys
Article 2 - Regulation of Attorneys
Section 36-2-35 - Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.]

Universal Citation:
NM Stat § 36-2-35 (2018)
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36-2-35. Solicited employment contracts void; recovery of compensation paid.]

Any contract of employment obtained or made in violation of this act [36-2-29, 36-2-31 to 36-2-38 NMSA 1978] shall be absolutely void as to the attorney but the client may recover any compensation paid thereunder to or for or received by the attorney on account of such employment.

History: 1941 Comp., § 18-133, enacted by Laws 1949, ch. 81, § 6; 1953 Comp., § 18-1-33.

ANNOTATIONS

Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 7 Am. Jur. 2d Attorneys at Law § 226.

Compensation: attorney's right to compensation as affected by disbarment or suspension before complete performance, 24 A.L.R.3d 1193.

Modern status of law regarding solicitation of business by or for attorney, 5 A.L.R.4th 866.

Attorney's right to compensation as affected by disbarment or suspension before complete performance, 59 A.L.R.5th 693.

7A C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 331.

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