Ethics

A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook

Description:

Need guidance setting up or maintaining a trust account? A new publication from the Board of Professional Responsibility can help. This presentation will cover topics ranging from the basics of trust accounting rules, to the day-to-day chores of reconciliation and recordkeeping, to more complicated issues regarding the kinds of internal controls lawyers must have in place and how to spot and avoid increasingly-sophisticated scams targeting lawyers and their trust accounts. This resource will provide guidance for new lawyers and seasoned lawyers. Learn how to avoid errors that often result in discipline for trust account violations.

Speakers Include:

  • Sandy Garrett, Chief Disciplinary Counsel of Board of Professional Responsibility and author of the Tennessee Attorney Trust Account Handbook 
  • Brian Faughnan, Lewis Thomason and Chair of the TBA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility 
  • David Veile, Schell & Davies and lead author of TBA Solo Practice Toolkit

Comments from attendees:

"This was a great course. The handout is very helpful."

"Excellent seminar. Good coverage of the information. Could easily have been a three hour seminar. You held my attention throughout the entire time. Thank you."

"This was a very good program for me as a new attorney who plans to start a practice and open an IOLTA account in the next year."

"Good information...."

SAVE MONEY: Use the prepaid CLE credits that come with your TBA Complete Membership and take this course for free. Not a TBA member, join now to start saving.

Please certify your attendance for CLE credit for this program by February 7, 2018. Questions can be sent to speakers directly by email. Please click on the speaker's name under the video box for contact information. Please note: This is a REBROADCAST from January 21, 2015.

Presentation was worthwhile, information is critical to every attorney, but the delivery didn't always keep my attention unfortunately.

Very helpful.

A very good presentation on a very important topic.

Excellent presentation-very thorough.

I learned that attorneys here in Tennessee are not mandated to keep client docs for any set period of time. Also good tips on using separate check book covers for trust account etc. This was a good practical CLE.

Strong presenters' panel. Good information (much of which is probably terrifying to veteran attorneys). Perhaps too much time spent on introductory remarks, but that's a very minor thing.

I work in federal law enforcement and have frequently encountered the trust account scams discussed in the presentation as reported to me by practicing attorneys. I suspect many, many more go unreported if the victim attorney can somehow cover the losses.

This is a great course for anyone in solo practice. Thanks so much for all of the great information.

This was very insightful in knowing what to do and not to do in regards to my IOLTA account in a small practice setting.

I was surprised to hear about some of the scams directed at attorneys. Really good information on how to deal with those situations.

Speakers/Producers

This course is no longer available for purchase.

Course InformationHighlights
  • Use Membership credits and attend for free/save on this course
  • Flexible to your schedule
  • Flexible to your schedule
  • Ethics Credit
Course Credits Dual Credits: 2.00
General Credits: 0.00
Total Credits: 2

This program will be filed for Tennessee CLE credit. Please email a request to cle@tnbar.org for Georgia and Mississippi CLE credit.