On January 24, 2003, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals entered a judgment of disbarment against Fairfield attorney Gerald R. Sewell, 63, SBOT Card No.18055400. Sewell pled no contest to aggregate theft, an intentional crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, in case number 888996, styled, The State of Texas v. Gerald Sewell, in the 248th District Court of Harris County, Texas. On or about April 29, 2002, Sewell was placed on deferred adjudication for a term of five years and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $75,800.00 and court costs in the amount of $137.50.