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When you get a big check from a client or a third party, the Colorado Supreme Court has strict rules governing where this money is deposited, how it is paid out and what happens to the interest.  In this April 2008 article, Alexander Rothrock of Burns Figa and Will PC discusses recent changes made to the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.15 -- which governs trust accounts -- and the implications of these changes on Colorado law firms.

Office is office and trust is trust -- and never the twain shall meet

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Currently, the rules of professional conduct established by the American Bar Association and generally adopted by the state courts vary greatly from state to state -- which has become a major issue as more law firms are competing regionally, nationally and even internationally.  It is difficult to know just which set of ethics rules governs the game.  In this May 2005 article, Will Hornsby (staff counsel to the ABA Division for Legal Services) and Denver lawyer Michael Berger discuss how law firms can best comply with ethics rules.

Great idea!  But is it ethical?  Quagmire of states' ethics rules makes it tough to tell

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