The 3.0 % transaction fee is only deducted from operating accounts to ensure that your trust account balances stay accurate and you stay ethically compliant. (lawyerist.com)
Interest paid out on investments can be tempting to spend — often deposited back into operating accounts — like checking accounts. (effectify.com)
And it still can be, since many firms need to work around ethics rules that require transaction fees to come out of a lawyer's operating account for trust account deposits. (lawyerist.com)