NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Committee on Professional Ethics Opinion #570 – 06/07/1985 (37-84) Existing clients, escrow funds, legal fees, interest, real estate Clarifies N.Y. State 532 (1981) Topic: Fee for legal services, advance payment; client, funds of; trust account Digest: Fees paid to lawyer in advance of services, refundable to the extent not earned, … Continued