A Wheeling attorney whose law license currently is suspended in West Virginia has been indicted by federal prosecutors on dozens of felony counts, accused of fraudulently handling client funds and ...

An IOLTA, or Interest on Lawyer Trust Account, allows attorneys to pool smaller funds that would otherwise not earn interest outweighing bank holding costs or fees. The interest then earned off ...

The Florida Supreme Court recently disciplined 13 attorneys, disbarring two, revoking the licenses of three, suspending six, ...

Some attorneys will recommend a special trust be established as the individual retirement account (IRA) beneficiary to avoid its assets becoming part of a surviving spouse's estate, all to avoid ...

Eleven former clients of seven New Jersey lawyers were reimbursed more than $75,000 in the first quarter of 2025 after attorneys misappropriated ... in his attorney trust account and later ...

As a consequence, the purchaser paid the balance of the purchase price into a bank account controlled by the cybercriminal instead of the conveyancing attorneys’ trust account. The fraud was ...