LEO: Virginia Trust Account for Virginia  LE Op. 695

 

Virginia Trust Account for Virginia Attorney With Office

Outside State.

 

May 22, 1985

 

An attorney whose office is in the District of Columbia but who generates

the majority of his practice from Virginia clients can satisfy his

obligations under Canon 9 by opening an attorney-client trust account in

Virginia with a bank that will agree to comply with DR:9-103(B)(1). This

account would receive trust funds generated by Virginia clients. [See DR:

9-102, DR:9-103(B)(1)]

 

Committee Opinion May 22, 1985

 

CROSS REFERENCES

 

See also LE Op. 724, and LE Op. 1238.