FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
February 23, 2012
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Suzanne Webb (334) 242-7351
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AG ANNOUNCES INDICTMENT OF DISBARRED ATTORNEY
FOR MULTIPLE FELONY COUNTS OF THEFT
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest
today of disbarred* Jasper lawyer Garve Ivey Jr. for multiple felony counts of theft.
Garfield Woodrow Ivey Jr. 60, surrendered this afternoon at the Walker County
Sheriff’s Office. Bail was set at $210,000.
Attorney General Strange’s Office presented evidence to a Walker County grand
jury this morning, resulting in Ivey’s indictment**. Specifically, the indictment charges
Ivey with:
One count of second-degree theft of a check or currency valued between $500 and $2,500; and
Ten counts of first-degree theft of a check or currency valued at more than $2,500.
No further information about the investigation or about Ivey’s alleged crimes
other than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.
If convicted, Ivey faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years imprisonment and
a fine of up to $30,000 for each of the 10 counts of first-degree theft, which is a class B
felony; and one to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $15,000 for the count of
second-degree theft, which is a class C felony.
Attorney General Strange commended those who are handling this case, noting
in particular Assistant Attorneys General Stephanie Billingslea and Pete Smyczek of the
Attorney General’s Public Corruption, and White Collar Crime Division, and special
agents of the Attorney General’s Investigations Division.
*According to July 2011 edition of The Alabama Lawyer, a publication of the Alabama State Bar
Association: “Jasper attorney Garfield Woodrow Ivey, Jr., was disbarred from the practice of law in
Alabama, effective March 14, 2011, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court
entered its order based upon the March 14, 2011 order of consent to disbarment of Panel II of the
Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. Ivey consented to disbarment based on two investigations
concerning the misappropriation of third-party and client funds from Ivey’s trust account.”
**An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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