Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 14, 2014
Legislation over attorney fees in trust accounts dies
A bill that would require lawyers to put advance fees into their trust accounts has been shelved in response to objections from the criminal defense bar. But it may come back next year.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A controversial bill that would have required lawyers to put fees collected in advance into their client trust accounts has died, but it may return next year, the State Bar announced Thursday.
The agency had proposed the legislation as a way to deal with an explosion of claims against the bar's Client Security Fund, which repays clients for fees stolen by lawyers, in the wake of the mortgag...
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