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What Irregularities Are Commonly Revealed by Audits?

Our auditors commonly find—and attorneys are often sanctioned for--failing to provide required notices and accountings to clients; having overages or shortages in their trust account balance; having shortages in their client subaccounts; having stale client balances; failing to disburse their legal fees when warranted; having stale outstanding checks; and making “unintentional” overdrafts.

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