Closing a Practice | Texas Bar Practice

Cessation of Attorney's Cessation of Practice

• Notice of Attorney's Cessation of Practice
• Assumption of Jurisdiction
• Hearing and Order on Application to Assume Jurisdiction

Disposition of Attorney IOLTA Accounts and Client Property

• Texas Estates Code Ch. 456 (Disbursement and Closing of Lawyer Trust and Escrow Accounts)
• Rule 1.14 of the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct (Safekeeping Property)
• Ethics Opinion 602 (Inability to Locate or Identify Owner of Funds)
• Rules Governing the Operation of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation

Disposition of Files

• Disposition of Files, In General: Ethics Opinion 627
• Screening of Criminal Case Files for Discovery from the Prosecution: Ethics Opinion 657
• Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art 39.14: Michael Morton Act
• Trade Secret and Proprietary Information: Northern District of Texas Misc. Order 62
• National Security Information

Pleadings for Court-Appointed Custodianship of a Law Practice Templates

• Application
• Waiver
• Show Cause
• Order on Application
• Custodian's Report