2006 New York Code - Preferential Claim; Not Assignable Or Subject To Attachment; Attorney\'s Fees.

 
    §  12.  Preferential  claim;  not assignable or subject to attachment;
  attorney's fees. Any person entitled to weekly payments under  the  plan
  against  any  employer  shall  have the same preferential claim therefor
  against the assets of the employer as now allowed by law for a claim  by
  such person against such employer for unpaid wages or personal services.
  Weekly payments due under the plan shall not be assignable or subject to
  attachment,  levy  or  execution.  No  claim  of  an  attorney  for  any
  contingent interest in any recovery  under  the  plan  for  services  in
  securing  such recovery shall be an enforceable lien thereon, unless the
  amount of the same be approved in writing by a justice  of  the  supreme
  court,  or  in  case  the same is tried in any court, before the justice
  presiding at such trial.