When bank interest rates bottomed out at the end of 2008, the impact was felt in Oregon in ways that many lawyers were not aware of. Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA), which supply direct funding to support legal aid in the state, were hit hard: revenues fell by 75 percent in just four years. In response, the Oregon Law Foundation is now trying to convince lawyers and firms, "Where you bank does matter," as Cliff Collins reports. | 