Convicted felon was presented to the public as a credible legal voice analyzing the Karmelo Anthony murder

"Attorney" who claimed Karmelo Anthony was 'legally lynched' after being convicted of First Degree muder for killing Austin Metcalf - is actually 'Not eligible to practice in Texas' because she's '“Suspended: [for] Disciplinary Reasons.” - She is a convicted felon who was ordered "mental treatment conditions"

“....Anthony family because they have been legally lynched for the last year and more so by this slaughterhouse of a courthouse as well as the family of the Metcalfs."

"So, the energy right now is very white supremacy. They have shown to be the pigs that they are.”
Thelma Anderson was convicted of federal wire fraud in a Paycheck Protection Program.

This convicted felon was presented to the public as a credible legal voice analyzing the Karmelo Anthony murder verdict but nobody talked about her her criminal record or her being blocked from practicing law.

 
The State Bar of Texas currently lists Thelma M. Anderson, Bar Card No. 24091728, as “Not Eligible to Practice in Texas” with disciplinary status “Suspended: Disciplinary Reasons.”

Her interlocutory suspension took effect March 3 following compulsory discipline proceedings by the 

Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals.
Federal court records in the Northern District of Texas confirm Anderson pleaded guilty to wire fraud (FELONY) and received a sentence of four years probation plus $20,871 in restitution to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Immediately after the verdict, Anderson became a voice online and in the media, identifying herself as “Attorney Thelma Anderson.”

In addition to accusing the court and the Metcalf's of White supremacy, she called the courthouse a 'slaughterhouse' , criticized the state’s witness strategy as “very weird” and suggested it may have hurt the prosecution.

The state called 17 eyewitnesses in addition to coaches, medical examiners and experts.
She positioned her as an authoritative legal analyst on the case.

Details:
Anderson served as an assistant district attorney in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office from 2016 until March 25, 2022.

Dallas County DA policy prohibited outside employment without authorization; Anderson did not get that authorization and had a business outside of her position.

While employed there, she operated Thelma Lou LLC, a clothing boutique she claimed was doing business in Irving, Texas.

On February 4, 2021, she submitted a PPP loan application to Liberty SBF Holdings that falsely stated the business had average monthly payroll expenses of $8,327 and gross sales of $142,773 in 2019.

She attached a fraudulent IRS Form 1040, Schedule C, to support the application.

In reality, the business had no payroll expenses and only meager income.

On February 18, 2021, about $20,817 in PPP loans were wired from the lender in Virginia to Anderson’s JPMorgan Chase business account in Texas.

She used the money on her personal life

On October 4, 2021, she applied for and received forgiveness of the loan by falsely claiming she had spent about $17,500 on payroll costs.

Federal prosecutors indicted her on May 21, 2024, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division (Case No. 3:24-CR-00191-K), on one count of wire fraud and two counts for engaging in "monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity."

Anderson pleaded guilty to the wire fraud count in July 2024.

 On March 5, 2025, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade sentenced her to four years of probation and ordered $20,871 restitution to the SBA for SBA Loan No. 3772408410, along with strict financial monitoring and mental health treatment conditions.

On June 26, 2024, the Fort Worth City Council unanimously removed her as a part-time substitute municipal judge, a position she had held since December 13, 2022.
The removal cited misconduct and conduct discrediting the position under the city charter, directly tied to the federal indictment.