Most lawyers are scrupulously honest, and place the interests of their clients before their own.
But, like with all other categories of people, some are not. Individual cases of corruption or abuse attain great notoriety, in part because they are unusual and in part because of the high trust that society in general and clients individually place in lawyers. The organized bar has in fact taken steps to protect the public from even these rare cases. The establishment of the Lawyers Fund for Client Security established to reimburse clients for attorney theft is an example. The state bar was instrumental in the creation of New York's Clients' Security Fund.