The butler didn't steal from the law firm trust account, but someone equally unlikely did.

"Often, the embezzler is the very last person anyone would suspect of wrongdoing -- a trusted employee or partner whom everyone likes and respects," writes Karen Erger in the August Illinois Bar Journal. "The revelation that a seemingly loyal colleague has been stealing from the firm and/or its clients for many months or years can cause inestimable damage to the law firm's morale and reputation. And the financial loss can be devastating."

In the wake of high-profile embezzlement prosecutions in Chicago and Champaign, Karen looks at how law firms put themselves at risk, offers some theft-prevention techniques, and identifies "symptoms that may indicate that your firm is the victim of employee fraud or embezzlement." Read her advice.