Instructions for Lawyers Opening New IOLTA Accounts

Please use new MJF Form #2 (dated December 2015), which replaces existing form “Notice to Financial Institution to Establish an IOLTA Account.” This new form includes your authorization for the financial institution to notify the Board of Overseers of the Bar of overdrafts. Please sign and provide the original form to the financial institution and …

3 August 2016, Posted in: Our Work

Special Opportunity for Giving!

Good News! On December 18, 2015, Congress passed a tax bill that made the IRA Charitable Rollover permanent. This allows people aged 70-1/2 or older to transfer up to $100,000 annually from their IRA accounts directly to a charity, like the Maine Justice Foundation.

The distribution counts as their required minimum distribution without increasing their

13 June 2016, Posted in: Our Work, Press Release