A Pennsylvania lawyer turned himself in to police after he allegedly stole more than $156,000 from two clients, including an older man whose bank account was drained down to $26.
Andrew C. Neville, a now-suspended attorney who owns Neville Law PLLC in Newtown Borough, is charged with financial exploitation of an older adult or care-dependent person, identity theft, theft by unlawful taking, theft by deception, theft by failure to make required disposition of funds, forgery, and receiving stolen property, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
Neville, 40, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, is accused of using some of the money he stole for gambling and to pay rent on his home and law firm.
Neville was arraigned on felony charges the afternoon of Friday, October 23, after he turned himself in, the district attorney’s office said in a news release. His bail was set at $250,000.
Authorities began investigating Neville on October 2, 2025, after a woman reported possible theft from her late mother’s estate, according to prosecutors. Neville had been in charge of providing legal services to the woman’s mother’s estate since October 2024.
An investigation revealed Neville stole $113,150 from the deceased client’s estate after he had consolidated the estate’s funds into an account at the First National Bank & Trust Company of Newtown, the district attorney’s office said.
He tried to strategically drain the account through 46 alleged unauthorized withdrawals and transfers between January and May of 2025.
Investigators also learned Neville had stolen from a second client, a 76-year-old man who “had signed a General Durable Power of Attorney naming Neville as his agent in March 2024,” according to the district attorney’s office.
Neville is accused of adding himself to the man’s bank account before making 26 unauthorized transactions of $43,631.78 between July 2024 and May 2025, prosecutors said.
The next month, only $26.21 remained in the man’s account, according to prosecutors.
Neville’s law license was made inactive by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on June 23, the district attorney’s office said.
A few months later, on September 25, he went to the Newtown Borough Police Department and allegedly admitted to stealing from his clients.
Neville said the alleged thefts stemmed from when he was experiencing medical problems and substance abuse, as well as “an online gambling addiction where a large portion of the stolen money was transferred,” the district attorney’s office said, citing a criminal complaint.
Court records didn’t indicate whether Neville had retained legal counsel as of Monday, October 26.
According to the district attorney’s office, Neville hasn’t returned any of the funds stolen from his clients.
“Clients put their faith, assets, and future in the hands of their attorneys during some of the most difficult times in their lives,” Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan said in a statement. “This defendant betrayed the trust placed in him as a legal professional, targeting vulnerable older adults and draining the funds intended for their care and families.”
