INTEREST ON LAWYERS’ TRUST ACCOUNTS

By SovConn | June 21, 2013

Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts.A program that allows a lawyer or law firm to deposit a client’s retained funds into an interest-bearing account that designates the interest payments to charitable, law-related purposes, such as providing legal aid to the poor. • Almost all states have either a voluntary or mandatory IOLTA program. — Abbr. IOLTA. [Cases: Attorney and Client 129.5. C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 279.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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