N.J. Stat. tit. 2A, ch. 13

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N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-1 Oath of practitioner

Every counsellor at law or attorney at law, shall, before he is permitted to practice in any court of this state, take and subscribe in open court, the following oath: I, , do solemnly promise and swear, that I will support the constitution of this state and the constitution of the United States and will perform the duties of my office faithfully to the best of my ability. So help me God. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-2 Attorneys suable

Attorneys may be sued as other persons in all courts of this state. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-3 Attorneys not to be sureties on bonds

No practicing attorney shall be surety on a bond as security for costs or a replevin bond or a bond given in connection with any proceeding in lieu of a prerogative writ. Any such bond signed by a practicing attorney as surety shall be insufficient. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-4 Liability for damages

If an attorney shall neglect or mismanage any cause in which he is employed, he shall be liable for all damages sustained by his client. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-5 Lien for services

After the filing of a complaint or third-party complaint or the service of a pleading containing a counterclaim or cross-claim, the attorney or counsellor at law, who shall appear in the cause for the party instituting the action or maintaining the third-party claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, shall have a lien for compensation, upon his client's action, cause of action, claim or counterclaim or cross-claim, which shall contain and attach to a verdict, report, decision, award, judgment or final order in his client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come. The lien shall not be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment or final order, nor by the entry of satisfaction or cancellation of a judgment on the record. The court in which the action or other proceeding is pending, upon the petition of the attorney or counsellor at law, may determine and enforce the lien. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-6 Recovery of fees and disbursements

Every attorney and counsellor may commence and maintain an action for the recovery of reasonable fees, charges or disbursements against his client or his legal representative, provided he shall have first delivered to the client or his legal representative or left for him at his dwelling house or usual place of abode with some competent member of his family of the age of 14 years or over then residing therein, a copy of his bill of fees, charges and disbursements or shall forward a copy of same, by certified or registered mail, in a sealed envelope with proper postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the client or his legal representative at his last known address. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1963, c. 133, s. 1, eff. July 2, 1963.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-7 Bar examiners; salary and expenses

Each bar examiner shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the supreme court and such traveling and incidental expenses as shall be approved by a supreme court justice. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-8 Clerk of board of bar examiners

The supreme court may appoint a suitable person to be clerk to the board of bar examiners to hold office during the pleasure of the court and may appoint successors from time to time and may fix the compensation to be paid such clerk. L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-9 Filing of certificates of commission and qualification and autographed signature in county clerks' offices

Any attorney-at-law, after having been duly commissioned and qualified, shall, upon request, receive from the Clerk of the Supreme Court as many certificates of his commission and qualification as he shall require for filing in the county clerks' offices of this State, and upon receipt thereof, such attorney may present the same, together with his autographed signature, to such county clerks as he may desire for filing. L.1959, c. 126, p. 558, s. 1, eff. June 18, 1959.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-10 Certification by county clerk of authority of attorney to take proofs, acknowledgments or affidavits

The county clerk of any county in which any such attorney-at-law shall have filed his autographed signature and certificate, as provided in section 1 of this act, shall, upon request, subjoin to any certificate of proof, acknowledgment or affidavit signed by the attorney, a certificate under the clerk's hand and seal stating that the attorney-at-law was at the time of taking such proof, acknowledgment or affidavit duly commissioned and sworn and residing in this State, and was as such an officer of this State duly authorized to take and certify said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit as well as to take and certify the proof or acknowledgment of deeds for the conveyance of lands, tenements or hereditaments and other instruments in writing to be recorded in this State; that said proof, acknowledgment or affidavit is duly executed and taken according to the laws of this State; that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to the official acts of the attorney-at-law, and that the county clerk is well acquainted with the handwriting of the attorney-at-law and believes the signature to the instrument to which the certificate is attached is his genuine signature. L.1959, c. 126, p. 559, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 2A:13-11 Notice of disbarment; cancellation of certificates filed by attorney

In event that any such attorney-at-law shall be disbarred, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall notify each county clerk accordingly and the county clerk shall cancel any certificate filed in his office pursuant to this act by such attorney. L.1959, c. 126, p. 559, s. 3.

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