WHITE-COLLAR CRIME
Ex-attorney put on probation in $500K client theft now gets 10 years for drinking, practicing law
Posted Aug 21, 2014 4:30 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
By Martha Neil
A disbarred Texas lawyer was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for violating the terms of his probation in a client-theft case.
David Bonilla, 59, got a suspended prison sentence and was put on probation for 10 years in 2011, when he pleaded guilty to stealing some $500,000 from clients while he was still in practice, the Corpus Christi Caller Times reports. The newspaper said Bonilla made restitution in the same amount to 37 clients at the same time he took the plea deal in the Nueces County case.
After his disbarment, Bonilla was employed at his dad's law firm as a legal assistant. At a Wednesday hearing, however, Bonilla admitted he had illegally practiced law while working there. He also admitted drinking alcohol, which he was prohibited from doing.
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