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A lawyer was busted for stealing​ ​more than $100,000 from about 15 different clients he won settlements for, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Kenneth Gellerman, 57 – who was already suspended from practicing law last year for misusing his clients’ settlement cash – allegedly deposited settlement checks into his own accounts and even settled cases without telling his clients and kept the money.

“This defendant allegedly stole from numerous people who had suffered injuries in car accidents or falls and needed their settlement money, in some cases while he was suspended from practicing law,” DA Ken Thompson said in a statement.

“We will now seek to vindicate the rights of these victims.”

Gellerman was hit with grand larceny and fraud raps, held on $100,000 cash bail and faces up to 15 years behind bars if he’s convicted.

The shady lawyer lost his license in January 2013 for misusing his clients’ settlement cash and letting escrow accounts fall below required levels, court papers state.

He also tried to blame his actions on his depression.

“[Gellerman] claims that he has been suffering from major depression and that his failure to respond promptly or properly defend himself is a direct result of his depression,” an appellate judge noted when they suspended his license, but noted that the depression excuse hadn’t come up earlier.

“At neither of the respondent’s two appearances before the Grievance Committee for an examination under oath did the respondent raise the issue of depression.”

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