The Washington State Bar Association is paying nearly $700,000 to people swindled by a former Everett attorney.
EVERETT —
The Washington State Bar Association is paying nearly $700,000 to people swindled by a former Everett attorney.
Barry Hammer, 62, was caught bilking more than two dozen clients in a real-estate investment scheme. He’s been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
The Herald newspaper of Everett reports that the bar association will dip into a special client-protection fund to repay 26 of his victims. Every attorney in the state pays $15 a year into the fund for clients hurt by a lawyer’s dishonesty.
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