Legal & Judicial Ethics, 2011 Bar — Question 14

MULTIPLE CHOICE

After Atty. Benny got a P2 million final judgment in his client's favor, he promptly asked the court, without informing his client, to allow him a charging lien over the money in the amount of P500,000, his agreed fees. The Court issued a writ of execution for the whole judgment in Atty. Benny's name with an order for him to turn over the excess to his client. Is Atty. Benny's action correct? (A) No, since his fees are excessive. (B) Yes, since he was merely asserting his right to collect his fees. (C) Yes, since he would anyway give the excess to his client after getting his fees. (D) No, since he did not disclose to his client the matter of getting a charging lien and a writ of execution in his name.

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