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32 Va. B. News 1 (1983-1984)

handle is hein.barjournals/valaw0032 and id is 1 raw text is: V I I I I Judicial nominations procedure adopted by State Bar Council qpwulsasoa pba O a plop C d koa irebs opein brntiii can, maint fee muwaeew nt~ (aawl laM taws Mtine at the Holiday Ian on Voits eah an the mmmw of low Se Sm's 4$tb AnmWa Merrting. the CAPuemi a iw driwtt* adopted a 190414 baa budo 4 ofllt.73b. Governor Robb delivers his address on June 18, while Chief Justice Carrico (right) observes. Lieutenant Governor Richard J. Davis sits at left, and VSB Past President Waller H. Horsley sits next to the chief justice. Improve justice system, Carrico, Robb urge bar The legal profession must find new and creative ways to address its image problems and to expand p-blic access to the justice system. Virginia Gover. nor Charles S. Robb and Virginia Supreme Court ChiefJustice Harry L. Carrico told more than 300 Virginia State Bar members. their spouses and guests in separate addresses as the Annual Meeting Luncheon on June 18 in Virginia Beach. The remarks by Robb and Carrico climaxed proceedings at the VSB's 45th Annual Meeting.June 16-19. at the Cavalier and Holiday Inn hotels. The Annual Meeting was attended by a record 636 Virginia lawyers and judges who. with their spouses. families and guests, brought the total attendance figure to an all-time high of more than 1,400 persons. Carrico praised the cooperative ef- fort between the Supreme Court and the State Bar in developing and enac. ting during the past year several significant rule changes, including the adoption of a vastly revised Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility and the implementa- lion of the Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) Program (see related story, this page). As to the product of another col. laborative effort between the high court and the bar. the legislation adopted by the 1983 General Assembly calling for the creation of an Intermediate Court of Appeals in 1985. Carrico sounded an ominous note. 'See LUNCHEON, page 6 The Vaism s4sr soe Rawuu Coucil, OOS$M W appetiDw a amw Cnk Odtefw ooea tauialln tudosal %*mn id Wache s er an's sponismhAsp 01 tok$:I toanal luabdhst nwqwtsr aembew camp&., but drmd until ms OC twt mmeit tonwdiamnC atwuit Imrant Mars at, low 1 OR F - ALEX T. MAYO, JR. ...Portsmouth native wb Its 11o4.0. or about I pr tent. moe than LtaM yea's budget The 191S.84 budget unludes ap ptopsons a $o0o.000 f the Clrnn Suay FvdW and for the paetang and dstentbmioon ofta tesed Voegama Pofessmonal Handbook. shsh will conain the newly adopted Code of Profamnal Responaubity. all Unsuthoused Practice of Law nksh and all fortal and informal krgal ehics opiimm In defewnmg until October con. sidevsson of she propowed plan for the cteianon or legal spec seales in VI Ma (see V'uwag Bar Nears. Vol It. No 10. Apri 198K. p 11). the Council (e that. bcause of the sgrficant thanges in the practce of taw iwent in she plan. It would be appropeaie to permit local ban and othet statewide bat groups additional tume so establish positions on the plan and make these positions known so Council Additional information on the proposed specialization plan will be published in the August issue of the Vsswas Bar Neas - In addition so deferning considera. soon of Formal Legal Ethics Opinion No 189 dealing with contingent fee arrangements in family law cases. Council also rejected by a vote of )0-18 Proposed Formal Legal Ethics Opinion No. 190 This proposed opi. nion stated that. when the- exists any type of relationship hetween op. posing counsel which has even th- potential of affecting the client's right to loyal h.'d full representation. the lawyer must .nake full disclosure of the relationshil, and proceed with the representatir only after receiv- ing the client's consent. Tw6' of the five members of the Leg4 Ethics Committee. which dralled the opinion, expressed their view Stkat. in a situation where members of*Auclear family. or close 'See COUNCIL. page 4 IOTA program launched in irginiG The Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) program officially began in Virginia on July 1. and with its ad- vent came the prospect of dramatic increases in the organized bar's abili- ty to improve the administration of justice in the state. To participate in the program, lawyers and firms must simply switch nominal or short-term client funds from non-interest-bearing accounts into interest-bearing accounts. The interest earned on these ac- counts will be forwarded by the financial institutions to the nonprofit Virginia Law Foundation, which will disburse the funds to various public service projects aimed at improving the administration of justice. Much to the disbelief of many lawyers, informing the financial in- stitution to make this change in their account status is all that is required to participate in the program. Most, if not all, lawyers will be able to keep the same account number when the change is made from non-interest- bearing to interest-bearing status. The Virginia Supreme Court cleared the way for implementation of the program when, in March, it approved changes in Disciplinary Rule 9-102 of the Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility permit- ting a lawyer to place nominal or short-term client funds into interest- bearing accounts. The program does not change the way in which client funds are handl- ed, since any client funds which are large enough in amount or will be deposited in the account for a suffi- cient duration to more than offset the lawyer's administrative cost in handling them must still be placed into an interest-bearing account for the benefit of the client. To facilitate the smooth operation of the IOTA program, a Special Commission to Implement the IOTA Program, headed by Reginald N. Jones of Richmond, was appointed last spring. Jones, who as chairman of the VSB Special Committee on Trust Ac- counts headed the effort to establish *See IOTA, page 8 I Mayo, Dolan assume top VSB posts Alex T. Mayo. Jr.. 40. of Norfolk assumed leadership of the Virginia State Bar as its president and Ad- ington lawyer William D. Dolan. III. 39. was chosen president-elect on June 18 during the State Bar's 45th Annual Mceting at the Cavalier and Holiday Inn hoteh in Virginia Beach. President Mayo succeeds Rich- mond lawyer Waller H. Horslcy. 51. a partner with the firm of Hunton & Williams. Horsley will serve on the State Bar's Executive CommitteC and governing Council during 1983-84 in his capacity as immediate past presi- dent. Mayo. VSB president-elect during 1982-83. assumed the presidency of the 17.300-mcmber State Bar during the Annual Luncheon at the Cavalier Oceanfront Hotel's Beach Club when he was sworn into office by Virginia Supreme Court ChiefJustice Harry L. Carrico. 'See LEADERS, page 5 _. I ri /

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