<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">DO NOT REISSUE CHECKS. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I have had local checks take 18 days to travel 15 miles away from my office. The USPS was severely injured under recent Postmaster, specifically our systems suffered targeted destructions of processing machinery (check out the story and what the AGO did to try an intervene). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">They need to just be patient. sorry they want the money but they will need to wait. Do not risk a bar violation by spending someone else's IOLTA money. </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Brent
Williams-Ruth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> (pronouns: he/him)<br>
<i>Attorney-At-Law</i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Law
Offices of Brent Williams-Ruth, </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="1">a division of BWR Consulting, PLLC</font></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Physical Address: 500 S 336th Street, Suite 214; Federal
Way, WA 98003</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font color="#ff0000">**EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY**</font> All mail sent through the USPS should be sent to the following address: </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">PO BOX 3319; Federal Way, WA 98063 </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Office/Scheduling
Phone:<span style="color:#004080"> </span><font color="#ff0000">(253) 285-7751</font></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Direct:<font color="#ff0000"> (253) 285-7453</font></span></p><p>
</p><p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:Brent@Williams-RuthLaw.com" target="_blank">e-mail</a> / <a href="http://www.williams-ruthlaw.com/" target="_blank">website</a> /</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bwrlaw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> / </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 11:47 AM Jennifer L White <<a href="mailto:jen@appletreelaw.com">jen@appletreelaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6948114244417431594">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like your input regarding an estate distribution from my IOLTA. This was a difficult probate with many issues. I ended up with the estate proceeds in my IOLTA instead of an estate account, hence my making the final distributions
and not the PR. I sent out the IOLTA checks certified mail RRR, 10 total. These went out all at the same time on August 25<sup>th</sup> and I personally brought them to the post office and watched the clerk process each one. All but one has gotten to the beneficiaries.
The beneficiary of the one that hasn’t arrived is furious and demanding. The beneficiary has confirmed that the address I mailed it to is correct. The post office tracking # says the package is still on its way, but it’s going to be arriving late. It was
last scanned 9/4. I do not have confidence that if this person received two checks that they wouldn’t try and negotiate both of them despite being advised of a stop-payment. And, the bank itself says that stop-payments are not fool proof. The remaining money
in the account is not mine, but other clients, so I am hesitant to stop-payment right now and send another check or wire the money this soon. It hasn’t yet been two weeks. I am inclined to tell the beneficiary that they are going to have to be patient as it
is still showing as being in the system headed for delivery. I anticipate this response will not be well received. Am I being unreasonable?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have any of you had this happen? Any words of wisdom? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Script MT Bold"">Jennifer L. White, Esq.</span><span>
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