The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association hosted a virtual seminar to teach lawyers how to handle client money kept in escrow accounts on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025.

The session was led by Justice Lillian Wan of the Appellate Division, Second Department, featuring Justice Linda Christopher of the same court and David Chandler, the chief counsel to the Grievance Committee for the Second, Eleventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts.

They discussed how New York lawyers must properly manage client escrow accounts under Rule 1.15 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, which sets the standards for handling, safeguarding and accounting for client and third-party funds.

It requires lawyers to keep the money in a separate, properly labeled escrow account and maintain detailed records for seven year

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