Registration: 8:00 a.m.
Seminar
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (IOLTA)
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (Disciplinary Board)
Cost
$94 - ECBA Members and their Non-Attorney Staff
$120 - Non-Members
2 hours Ethics CLE/CJE
The Program
IOLTA segment:
• What to do with unclaimed funds in your IOLTA account (new Rule 1.15(v))
• Opening your IOLTA Account correctly with an approved bank
• Reporting your IOLTA Account correctly on your attorney registration form
• Selecting a Platinum Leader Bank
• Applying for an exemption
Disciplinary Board segment:
• Fee Agreements - requirements, use, effectiveness and malpractice avoidance tool
• Office of Disciplinary Counsel matters - procedures and what to do if you receive a DB-7
• Disciplinary Board - what to do if you end up there and strategy for response
• Q & A
The Speakers
Hon. Stephanie Domitrovich Court of Common Pleas of Erie County
IOLTA Board Member
Stephanie Libhart IOLTA Executive Director, Harrisburg, PA
Scott R. Eberle, Esquire Burns White, Pittsburgh, PA
James R. Schadel, Esquire Burns White, Pittsburgh, PA
Reservations due to the ECBA office by Tuesday, May 14.
