What losses are NOT eligible for reimbursement from the Fund?

  • Losses based on malpractice,
  • Losses based upon a fee dispute,
  • Losses based on negligence of the claimant,
  • Losses by businesses controlled by the lawyer causing the losses,
  • Losses by a governmental entity or agency,
  • Losses covered by insurance or some other means of reimbursement,
  • undocumented losses,
  • Losses from spouses, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, partners, associates and employees of the lawyer(s) causing the losses,
  • Loans between a client and their attorney,
  • Interest,
  • Costs of attempts to recover your loss,
  • Attorney’s fees or other costs resulting from attempts to recover your loss,
  • The cost of copying, postage, mileage or other costs of filing a claim with the Fund, or
  • Money meant to punish an attorney for wrongdoing.