APPENDIX 1, § I.6

To the Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility

Maintenance of Books and Records

Amended June 26, 2008

6.         Bank statements, canceled checks or copies of canceled checks if they are provided with the bank statements, bank wire or electronic fund transfer confirmations and duplicate deposit slips.  Cash fee payments must be documented by copies of receipts countersigned by the payor.  Attorneys making deposits using substitute checks pursuant to the Check Clearing for the 21^st Century Act must request and retain image statements from the bank for each such deposit. All disbursements must be by check, except when payment by check would be economically imprudent or when exigent circumstances require a transaction by wire transfer.  For withdrawal by bank wire or electronic fund transfer, an attorney or law firm must create a written memorandum authorizing the transaction, signed by the attorney responsible for the transaction.  The bank wire or electronic fund transfer must be entered in the check register and include all the identifying information listed in paragraphs I(2)(b) and I(3)(a) of this Appendix.