Our offices are temporarily closed to the public due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
CSB staff is working remotely, available by e-mail info@masscsb.org and telephone 617-728-8758.
We are still accepting applications: https://www.masscsb.org/claim-eligible
Our Mission
The Clients’ Security Board exists to preserve the public’s trust in the legal profession by reimbursing law clients whose Massachusetts lawyer had stolen from them using funds provided solely by the lawyers of Massachusetts.
We're the Clients' Security Board of the Supreme Judicial Court
The Court created us in 1974 to do only one thing:
Reimburse law clients whose lawyers have stolen from them
We do it to preserve trust in the legal profession
Every dollar we use to reimburse law clients comes from only one source: the lawyers of Massachusetts.
We've been reimbursing law clients for more than 40 years
Since 1974 the Board has reimbursed more than $50 million to over 2,250 law clients
Each reimbursement we make is a matter of grace not right
Each Board member serves for a term of five years
The Board has no statute of limitations
The Board has no caps on reimbursements to an individual claimant
Since 1974 the Board has reimbursed more than $2 million for the thefts of one disciplined lawyer
Since 1974 the Board has reimbursed more than $1 million each for the thefts of six different disciplined lawyers
The Clients' Security Fund is audited annually by independent auditors
The Board's claim form is available in both English and Spanish
Lawyers helping claimants before the Board must do so without compensation
In 2017 only 26 out more than 59,000 Massachusetts lawyers (0.04%) were responsible for the thefts reimbursed by the Board
