Jamaul Dmitri Cannon

I'll be honest. When I first started researching attorneys, the primary thing that drew me to Jamaul was that we shared the last name (though I'm a middle aged white guy from Australia, so I'm pretty sure we aren't related). Anyhoo, I reached out to Jamaul after my first divorce lawyer complete...ly tanked the issue of spousal support from my ex. Jamaul came in after my first judgment and despite language in my divorce that basically made it seem like it would be impossible for me to ever modify spousal support, he effectively got it halved. This was partially due to the fact that I was demoted at work but also partially because he managed to prove that my wife (a Ph.D graduate) was capable of earning a lot more than $20,000 a year which is what she claimed (and my first attorney did a horrible job of refuting). As attorneys go, Jamaul is a great guy and not just because he's "another Cannon"

Here's Jamaul's sharp (borderline cynical) wit in heartbeat: he once told me that "an incompetent lawyer can delay a case for months and cost twice as much as it should; a competent lawyer can delay it for years and make it cost ten times as much as it should." Well under that logic, I guess he ...was pretty incompetent because he made my divorce take a really short amount of time. In fact, he convinced me to file a joint "summary" divorce so that the court could automatically grant my divorce in six months without me ever having to go to court. When I told Jamaul I never heard of such a thing, he told me that many divorce lawyers didn't mention this option because it meant way fewer fees on their end. I couldn't believe his candor but I was certainly happy he shared it with me. Because of Jamaul, I had an easy divorce made easy and I couldn't have been happier.

When I first met Mr. Cannon, he told me that he could be a "chameleon". In other words, if I wanted a really aggressive attorney, he could be a "pit bull", but if I wanted a nice guy" to work to settle everything he could be that as well. Ultimately though, I got to choose what type of attorney. He... worked diligently to show me each and every aspect of this in his practice. In the end, I got a fair settlement, and he helped me avoid the costly expense of a trial.

Mr. Cannon took 9 months to file preliminary discovery paperwork, after requesting and receiving the same information from me five times. His inattention to my case resulted in me being fined $3600 in court sanctions. Mr. Cannon did not inform me until the motion was calendered, then lied that it ...was no big deal and his office would take care of paying the sanctions. In addition, he asked for more money to appear on this motion to compel. I ended up firing him two days after he emailed me the motion to compel. Once he received notice of substitution of counsel. He refused to pay the sanctions and refused to refund the credit i had of $2000. He then took a week to get my file to new counsel after many rude email exchanges.

Jamaul is a woderful attorney and I couldn't recommend him highly enough. At first I had my doubts: he seemed a little young (I'm a 62 year old retiree) and my husband's counsel had over 30 years of practice under his belt. But Mr. Cannon fought so enthusiastically for me in court he practically ha...d my husband's lawyer afraid to even go to trial. In the end, I got a great settlement that was way better than what I thought I could ever get from my ex. All in all, I owe nearly all of that to Jamaul and the Cannon Legal Group