Loan Scheme and Cover-up Results in Disbarment of Pasadena Attorney

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 03 No. 2017 Pg. 05
• Pages: 05
• Publication year: 2017

Loan scheme and cover-up results in disbarment of Pasadena attorney No. 2017 #05 California Bar Journal March, 2017

A Southern California attorney who concocted a scheme to get loans based on phony settlements and proved relentless in his efforts to cover up his wrongdoing has been stripped of his law license.

JAMAUL DMITRI CANNON [#229047], 40, of Pasadena, was disbarred Jan. 19, 2017 and ordered to pay $15,075 plus interest in restitution related to that scheme and for failing to repay unearned fees to client.

In his decision recommending Cannon be disbarred, State Bar Court Judge Donald F. Miles noted that Cannon’s “efforts to avoid responsibility for his actions have frequently been at the potential expense of innocent others.

“This demonstrated willingness by Respondent to jeopardize and sacrifice the interests of innocent bystanders to avoid responsibility for his own misconduct is a source of considerable concern by this court regarding the ongoing safety of the...