Miami-Dade court records and an article in the Law.com - Daily Business Review reveal that Miami Beach attorney Sally A. N. Sawh has been charged with first-degree grand theft for allegedly pocketing more than $2 million from her trust account that a client set aside for condominium purchases. The condo’s were at Ocean Four in Sunny Isles Beach, FL.

The same records and report also show that Ms. Sawh is named in a civil law suit brought against her by Jean Dahan who was the purchaser of the condo’s mentioned above

Sawh voluntarily surrendered to the Miami-Dade state attorney’s office last week and was released on $10,000 bail. The defense attorney is Brian Bieber of Hirschhorn & Bieber in Coral Gables, Fla. A pleas hearing is set for 1/28/2009 and a trial set for 3/16/2009.

On November 20, 2008 Ms. Sawh was disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court in relation to the activity in her trust account related to the allegations mentioned in this article. Please click here to read the Report of Referee

Beiber is quoted in the article as saying “Bieber said the state attorney’s office investigated and “to our dismay concluded certain transactions violated Florida law.” “Her position on the facts has remained consistent. She was entrusted with Mr. Dahan’s money and specifically instructed him to invest the funds,” he said. “Unfortunately, Mr. Dahan’s instructions were not documented in a detailed fashion.”

Bieber contended that while Sawh’s accounting practices with her trust account may have violated Florida Bar rules and his client didn’t contest disbarment, that doesn’t make her guilty of a crime. Bieber said, “Ms. Sawh maintains she did not steal any money from Mr. Dahan, and she looks forward to resolving the civil and criminal case as soon as she possibly can.”