The Missouribar – 2019 Trust Account Basics – The Self Audit Recording and Course Materials for Self-Study

This program focuses on trust accounting procedures.  Participants will be provided with a self-audit for lawyer trust accounting, with guidance for building simple, routine steps to reduce mistakes and OCDC inquiries, and to protect client and attorney funds. 

• Account set-up; Lawyer Trust Account Foundation regulations 
• Receipts, deposits and disbursements with client trust accounts 
• Fiduciary concepts (whose money is it?) 
• Record keeping requirements (Rule 4-1.15) 
• 21st Century problems and solutions (credit cards, electronic banking, accounting software, faster check processing) 
• Security, supervision, delegation; reconciliation 
• Recent rule changes and recent case analyses 

Speakers:
Sam S. Phillips, Deputy Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City 
Kelly Dillon, CFE, Investigative Examiner, Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City