Attorney sentenced for embezzling from legal group
From City News Service:
A Long Beach attorney who embezzled more than $26,000 from the Black Women Lawyers Association while serving as the group's treasurer was sentenced today to a year on probation.
LaJetta Yvette Wright, 42, pleaded guilty last July 29 to a felony grand theft charge.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Horwitz agreed to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor following her completion of nearly 250 hours of community service and
payment of $3,000 in court fines, according to Deputy District Attorney Sean Hassett.
Wright had already paid more than $26,000 in restitution to the association.
The State Bar of California's Web site lists Wright as ineligible to practice law as of Jan. 17.
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