A disbarred San Diego attorney who pleaded guilty to stealing money from her clients was sentenced Thursday to credit for time already served in county jail, plus three years of mandatory supervision.
Kelly DuFord Williams, 38 — who ran Slate Law Group in San Diego and was at one time named among San Diego Magazine’s Women of the Year Rising Stars — was arrested two years ago on allegations that she took funds her clients received in settlement agreements she reached while representing them.
Prosecutors allege that hundreds of thousands of dollars were stolen from as many as eight clients and that Williams forged client signatures on settlement checks she deposited. The amount of restitution to be ordered paid to the victims has not yet been calculated and will be ordered at another hearing scheduled for later this year…