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American Lawyer and Executor Embezzles Money From Estate

Estate DisputeWilliam Terhune received 5 years probation and was credited with 213 days of time served in the San Luis Obispo County Jail for embezzling funds from an estate that he had administrative control over. Terhune embezzled a total of $275,000. Terhune received his sentence after he plead nolo contendre to embezzlement. 

See Nick Wilson, Pismo Beach Lawyer Gets 5 Years Probation For Embezzling $275,000, The Tribune, May 21, 2012. 

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (Professional Legal Marketing (PLM, Inc.)) for bringing this article to my attention.