Prime Partners

The Texas Access to Justice Foundation works closely with Texas banks to ensure their participation in the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Program. Per Supreme Court of Texas rules, IOLTA accounts must be held at banks that pay interest rates comparable to similarly situated accounts. Prime Partner banks, listed below, go above and beyond eligibility requirements by paying at least 70.00% of the Fed Funds Target Rate. The additional interest ensures more funding for legal aid.


Since September 2007, the Federal Reserve has lowered the Fed Funds Target Rate from 5.25% to 1.00%, which means that IOLTA projected revenue for 2008 has dropped from $28.0 million to $12.5 million.

You can help by doing one the following:

  1. Bank at a Prime Partner bank.
  2. If you do business with a non-Prime Partner bank, persuade the bank to become a Prime Partner.
  3. If you are employed by a non-Prime Partner bank, persuade the bank to become a Prime Partner.

View all eligible banks.

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