A Birmingham lawyer will plead guilty to misappropriating funds from a volunteer legal services group. AL.com reports that 48-year-old Kelli Hogue Mauro entered into a plea agreement Friday after being formally charged last Wednesday.
She is accused of siphoning over $35,000 from the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program during her tenure as its executive director.
Mauro will plead guilty to misapplication of property worth at least $5,000 from a federal program. Records show she has repaid the group $21,145. She will ask the court to offset her restitution by more than $6,000 she believes the group owes her.
