Attorney Indicted for Theft
December 12, 2001

Contact: Lynn Kimbrough, 720-913-9025

A Denver Grand Jury has returned a 6-count indictment against a Denver-area attorney in connection with a series of separate theft cases. The indictment was returned last week, but was only unsealed today.

56-year old Marilyn Biggs Adkins (DOB: 7-3-45) is formally charged with five counts of theft, and one count of forgery.

The indictment alleges that Adkins took money from several victims including the estate of a woman who had died; a victim of a car accident; a client in a divorce case; Victim Compensation fund; and even her own law firm. Losses to these victims total more than $200,000 from April 1999 to December 2001.

Adkins surrendered today to investigators with the Denver DA's Economic Crime Unit and was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. She is scheduled to appear in Denver District Court for arraignment on January 14, 2002 at 8:30 a.m. in courtroom 12.

*The filing of a criminal charge is merely a formal accusation that an individual(s) committed a crime(s) under Colorado laws. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. See Colo. RPC 3.6