Lawyer Mark Brady was arrested in Florida two days before Christmas — charged with illegally using $80,000 of his clients’ money from escrow accounts to pay off gambling debts in the Bahamas. Brady, who pleaded not guilty, has since moved to Durango where he has been licensed to practice law since 1991 and has opened a law practice.
The Colorado Supreme Court has launched an investigation. “The court is particularly concerned when a lawyer is charged with a crime involving honesty and has a large gambling debt, said John Gleason, the chief regulations counsel.

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