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Alabama Attorney Charged with Theft Amid Dispute over $118,000 in Escrow Funds

The attorney was accused of withholding escrow funds from a failed timber deal after a civil suit and law license suspension.

Summary by Alabama Live
A longtime Mobile attorney turned himself in Saturday morning on a warrant alleging first-degree theft of property, months after being suspended from practicing law and sued over escrow funds from a failed timber deal.Willie Julius Huntley Jr., 68, surrendered to the Mobile County Metro Jail at 10:40 a.m. Sept. 5 and was released about two hours later on a $7,500 bond, according to Lagniappe Daily.

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Lagniappe Mobile broke the news on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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