http://overlawyered.com/2006/10/new-at-point-of-law-foiling-dishonest-lawyers/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://overlawyered.com/2006/10/new-at-point-of-law-foiling-dishonest-lawyers/comment-page-1/#comment-4309 Ron Miller Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:22:28 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4018#comment-4309 In most states like Maryland there is not really much a lawyer can do with a settlement check without the express authorizaion of the client and then is has to be deposited in an IOLTA account. I have never heard of anyone reporting a problem in this jurisdiction. But if it is a problem somewhere, then by all means, it couldn't hurt although I would hope there was a three day lag time just so the client does not get the letter before the lawyer gets the check. In most states like Maryland there is not really much a lawyer can do with a settlement check without the express authorizaion of the client and then is has to be deposited in an IOLTA account. I have never heard of anyone reporting a problem in this jurisdiction. But if it is a problem somewhere, then by all means, it couldn’t hurt although I would hope there was a three day lag time just so the client does not get the letter before the lawyer gets the check.

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