Check a trust-to-operating transfer against the bill and the authority

Key facts

Human involvement: RedLawyer-led
How AI is used: Compare the proposed transfer with the engagement terms, the bill and the trust ledger, and list any amount that is not yet shown as earned or incurred. Write no transfer instruction.
What the lawyer must review: Model Rule 1.15(c) requires legal fees and expenses paid in advance to be deposited in the client trust account and withdrawn only as fees are earned or expenses incurred. You decide whether the fee is earned and whether the engagement authorises the withdrawal. You write any instruction that moves money. A generated comparison is not that decision.
Written for / version: United States versionUS

Who does what

Who does what
Role	What they do
Assistance	Supporting preparation only. Potential support includes identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human.
Lawyer	Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use.

Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.

Forms and precedents for this task
Form or precedent	Kind	AI use	Summary
Client direction for an IOLTA or separate trust deposit (United States)	Letter	AI use Red	Client direction naming the trust account for a deposit, and the limits on a later withdrawal of earned fees or incurred expenses.
Check before a trust-to-operating transfer (United States)	Checklist	AI use Red	A check, before any transfer from a client trust account to the operating account, that the fee is earned or the expense incurred, the client has the direction and the bill, and no disputed amount is included.
File note when trust funds are disputed (United States)	Memo	AI use Red	An internal note recording a dispute over funds in a trust account, the amount that is disputed, and the amount that is not, so the disputed part stays in trust.