Bundle: Attorney Escrow Accounts, 4th Edition

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Attorney Escrow Accounts—Rules, Regulations and Related Topics, 4th Edition

Editor
Peter V. Coffey, Esq.
Englert, Coffey, McHugh, & Fantauzzi, Schenectady, NY
Assistant Editor
Anne Reynolds Copps, Esq.
Law Office of Anne Reynolds Copps, Albany, NY

Product Description
Attorney Escrow Accounts, Fourth Edition is a handy reference for newly admitted and seasoned attorneys. It comprehensively covers the most common situations where attorneys handle client funds and clearly discusses the legal and ethics issues encountered.

The Fourth Edition adds new sections on Disability as a Defense to Conversion of Client Funds, Third-Party Liens, Responsibility for Acts of Others, Failure to Cooperate With Investigation and Broker Commission Escrow, and offers expanded discussions on liability, elements of the agreement, commingling of funds, and attorney compliance. It includes new case law and substantive updates to the sections on restitution and reimbursement, fund expenses, trustee regulations and determinations, and the funds of missing and unknown clients. Every ethics opinion cited in the text is included in the Appendix.

The Fourth Edition also features a word-searchable CD, with text, statutes, regulations, opinions and forms.

Contents at a Glance
• Handling of Escrow Funds by Attorneys
• Escrow Agreements
• The Interest on Lawyer Account Fund of the State of New York (IOLA)
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection of the State of New York

Table of Contents and Author Bio

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