LARGO — Martin “Kirby” Watson was in deep trouble to begin with. The disbarred attorney faces prison if convicted of bilking clients out of $500,000.
But this morning, authorities say, he made a mistake that no one who went to law school should ever make:
He skipped out on his own criminal trial.
Instead of picking a jury, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Christine Hellinger revoked Martin’s $70,000 bond and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Attorney Charles Gerdes represents one of the families reportedly victimized. Will his clients ever get their money back now that the defendant has disappeared?
