The Virginia State Bar has disbarred a Collinsville real estate lawyer who faces an embezzlement charge in Henry County.

The state bar's disciplinary board revoked Jimmie Ray Lawson II's law license at a hearing last week.

According to a summary on the Virginia State Bar's Web site, the board found that Lawson "repeatedly lied to clients, employees, and the bar; repeatedly stole client funds; unsuccessfully invested client funds in businesses he was involved with without client consent; wrongfully obtained mortgage funds through a series of fraudulent mortgages; and forged documents."

Lawson faces an embezzlement charge in Henry County Circuit Court related to an accusation that a $28,000 check he was given for closing costs never made it to the landowner for whom it was intended.

Gil Davis, Lawson's attorney in the Henry County criminal case, was present at the state bar hearing to defend Lawson. He said Tuesday that the hearing brought out more information about allegations against Lawson, but he declined to comment further. He said he didn't think the loss of Lawson's license would affect the criminal case. Lawson's trial is scheduled for Oct. 7.

Documents that the disciplinary board considered described the real estate transaction that resulted in the embezzlement charge, as well as others in which the bar alleges wrongdoing.

The documents detail business dealings between Lawson and former heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe. According to state bar documents, Bowe had given Lawson power of attorney over a trust account. In October 2003, Lawson received $625,000 from that account intended to help buy a house for Bowe in Northern Virginia. Lawson is accused of spending it on personal investments. In September 2004, Lawson promised in writing to pay Bowe back in installments on condition that Bowe not complain to the state bar or law enforcement, the documents allege.

The state bar documents allege that Lawson claimed to bar investigators that he'd negotiated a $40 million deal to have Bowe fight exclusively at a Las Vegas venue for three years. The deal never happened, the documents say.

In January, Bowe won a $1.3 million civil judgment against Lawson.