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Done correctly, IOLTA trust accounting in QuickBooks gives a personal injury firm a clean, audit-ready trust system without expensive specialty software. Done incorrectly, it creates exactly the kind of mess that triggers a Rule 1.15 problem. The difference is entirely in the setup. QuickBooks can track every deposit and disbursement by client, keep a running balance for each client, and support the monthly three-way reconciliation the State Bar expects — but only if the acco

Every California personal injury firm that touches client money must follow strict IOLTA account rules, and getting them wrong can cost an attorney their license. An IOLTA account is the special trust account where lawyers hold client funds, and California enforces some of the most rigorous IOLTA account rules in the country. For personal injury firms, where settlement funds flow through the IOLTA account on every case, these rules are not background paperwork — they are dail