The Missouribar – 2019 Trust Account Basics – The Self Audit Recording and Course Materials for Self-Study
Description
This program focuses on trust accounting procedures. Participants will be provided with a self-audit for lawyer trust accounting, with guidance for building simple, routine steps to reduce mistakes and OCDC inquiries, and to protect client and attorney funds.
- Account set-up; Lawyer Trust Account Foundation regulations
- Receipts, deposits and disbursements with client trust accounts
- Fiduciary concepts (whose money is it?)
- Record keeping requirements (Rule 4-1.15)
- 21st Century problems and solutions (credit cards, electronic banking, accounting software, faster check processing)
- Security, supervision, delegation; reconciliation
- Recent rule changes and recent case analyses
Speakers:
Sam S. Phillips, Deputy Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
Kelly Dillon, CFE, Investigative Examiner, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City
Materials
| Trust Account Basics Presentation.pdf (315.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Informal Advisory Opinion 2018-15.pdf (123.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Formal Opinion 128 – Amended 2018 – Final.pdf (841.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Informal Opinion 2014-05.pdf (36.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Informal Advisory Opinion 2019 08 (121.4 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Order dated July 23, 2018, re_ Rule 4-1.pdf (166 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Rule 4-1.15.pdf (501.7 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Self Audit for Lawyer Trust Accounting 2018.9.19 Mailable version.pdf (266 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| The Ethics of Accepting Credit Cards by Melinda Bentley 2016.01.pdf (66.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Requesting an Informal Advisory Opinion (201.2 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Revised Routine Practices, Decisions & Opinions Presentation (188.5 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| Faculty Bios.pdf (81 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MoLAP Information.pdf (1.2 MB) | Available after Purchase |

