they buy a big fat cigar and laugh while lining there pockets.What does a law firm do with the money in the trust account when you can't find the clients to give it to?
D'oh -- ask an attorney, silly.
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seriously, state law controls this. in most states, after you make reasonable and diligent attempts to find the person, you are required to turn the funds over to the state [escheat] and they will thereafter hold them for benefit of the beneficiaries [or otherwise as state law directs].What does a law firm do with the money in the trust account when you can't find the clients to give it to?
You advertise and then turn the money over to the State
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