Even lawyers who make honest mistakes with client trust accounts can expect to be disciplined. But Alex Murdaugh’s cavalier misconduct threatens to turn client trust accounts into a joke, writes CevallosLaw.
The government will introduce the client trust account records, identify what money came into that account for what client, and then identify where that money went. Simple. The sad truth is that it’s easy for plaintiffs’ attorneys like Murdaugh to get away with financial crimes, at least at first. This is because we largely operate on the honor system. We have primary access to the client’s trust account, so we can theoretically manipulate it.
There’s nothing cavalier about client trust accounts and client funds. Even lawyers who make honest mistakes can expect to be disciplined, in South Carolina and everywhere else. Client trust accounts are no joke. Murdaugh had clients who trusted him. Perhaps they were even intimidated by his reputation. But once suspicion was aroused and the accounts audited, it should have been easy to figure out that the trust had been violated. Stealing from clients is hardly a sophisticated crime.
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