[gidget7]

have the attorney's fees awarded directly to him by the Court

They usually are already, in that the lawyer gets the award, and deducts his portion, then issues a check to his client for the remaining amount.

I know a lawyer and this is common practice.

[drt1]

While it is true that the Gross amount of the award is often disbursed directly to the attorney, it is not always so and the records of the Court will show the award to the Plaintiff/attorney's client. Also, in cases where subsequent collection action is necessry in executing the judgment the amounts may, or may not, flow in this fashion.

Ex. Court awards 1M$ judgment, Plaintiff hires another collections attorney to effect execution or Plaintiff executes on his own. The originl attorney very probably would not be in the direct flow unless he had filed a lein against the award, for example.