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Former Mableton attorney Carla Gaines was sentenced to two years in federal prison after the Supreme Court of Georgia disbarred her last year for using client funds to pay personal and law firm expenses.
July 21, 2020 at 02:54 PM
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A disbarred Mableton attorney was sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing client funds she was supposed to have held in her law firm’s escrow account.
Carla Gaines, who was stripped of her bar license by the Supreme Court of Georgia last year, was sentenced Friday for stealing $337,400 from client Clayton County, according to U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. In addition to a two-year prison term, Gaines was ordered to pay $330,900 in restitution, according to Pak.
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