A lawyer (snake) has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in taking a disabled client of money she was entitled to receive from a $500,000 insurance settlement. He should have received ten years! It’s like the fable of old where the Fox watched the hen house. A sorry joke indeed.

Ed Callow, must also pay $167,500 in restitution, representing his client’s share of the portion of the settlement he didn’t tell her about, as well as attorney fees the victim has paid. Now disbarred, Callow pleaded guilty in July to five felony charges in the King County Superior Court case, including theft and money laundering.

His co-defendant, former claims adjuster Fariborz “Romeo” Rahrovi, is accused of aiding the theft and taking $135,000 for himself and faces much the same charges that Callow did. Rahrovi is awaiting trial after pleading not guilty at the beginning of the year. Prosecutors said Callow told his client the settlement had been only $250,000, not $500,000, and paid her only some $165,000 of it, representing about one-third of the total amount.

He was disbarred earlier and has been in jail since March. Be careful who you hire as a lawyer. Check the State bar records. Ask around. At the law firm of William A. Miller in Scottsdale Arizona we have filed suits against dishonest lawyer and a few have been disbarred. Call us at 602-319-6899 for more help with Arizona related legal questions.

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