VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. GOGGIN

Record No. 991943

530 S.E.2d 415 (2000)

260 Va. 31

VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. Rodney Goode GOGGIN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Ann Berkebile, Assistant Attorney General (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General; Gregory E. Lucyk, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellant.

No brief or argument for appellees.

Amici Curiae: Chicago Title Insurance Company, Harvard Home Mortgage, Inc., IR Federal Credit Union and North American Mortgage Company (James L. Windsor, Newport News; David N. Payne, Norfolk; Kaufman & Canoles, on brief), in support of appellant.

Present: All the Justices.


LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, the Virginia State Bar challenges the judgment of the trial court that ordered funds in an attorney's trust account distributed among claimants of the funds on a pro rata basis. We will reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case for entry of a new distribution order because, to the extent possible, funds in an attorney's trust account should be distributed in accordance with clearly ascertainable ownership interests...

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