Jamaul Dmitri Cannon

I need to look for a last minute lawyer to take care of my case. Upon googling for a lawyer, I found Mr. Cannon. I had faith in my case because he has such positive reviews. It wasn't until after the case I was thoroughly disappointed. My case was a simple one, and would have had a different outc...ome had Mr. Cannon been prepared. He showed up in court without any documents prepared and I lost my case, and lost three properties due to the case. All Mr. Cannon had to do was present some documents, but he didn't do anything at all. After losing the case I kept trying to contact him, but he just kept dodging my calls. I went to his office and he just pretended to not be there. Not only did he take my money, but he caused me a greater loss by losing the trial. I would not recommend him at all.

After my boyfriend pushed me down a flight of stairs (sadly not the first time), I had convinced myself that I wouldn't feel comfortable with a male attorney representing me after I finally worked up the nerve to get a restraining order against him. I called a few women attorneys but for some reason... nothing seemed quite right with them. Then I searched avvo and saw Mr. Cannon's name. I called his office and I was impressed with how quickly he (emphasis on HIM responding and not an assistant or paralegal). First, he asked if I was ok; he asked if I still was living in a harsh situation. He said he had great referrals for domestic violence counselors (which kinda surprised me coming from a man). I was amazed that Mr. Cannon asked all of these things that had nothing to do with HIM actually getting business, and he sounded like he genuinely wanted to make sure I was ok before "talking shop". And when he did start discussing the process for restraining orders, he was really patient, and explained the difference between temporary and permanent restraining orders. He told me the temporary order was "easy" but the permanent was "hard". He told me how to get an Emergency Protective Order from the police before seeking a family order. I was so impressed I had the utmost confidence and I hired Mr. Cannon. At my hearing, he continued to exceed expectations. He gave a killer opening statement, he made sharp arguments, he was able to stop my ex from trying to "put the victim on trial" by bringing up a bunch of irrelevant stuff. He totally threw my ex off on cross-examination. In the end, I got a 5 year restraining order and I couldn't be happier. I know the focus of Mr. Cannon's business is divorce but if TROs are only what he handles part time, I can't imagine how smart he must be in his main practice. I could rave on for days but I've already rambled enough. Thank you Mr. Cannon

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.

When I told Mr. Cannon that I didn't know where my ex was living, he said no problem. Then he used some friends of his at DMV to find the current address for my ex. When I told Mr. Cannon that I thought my exit been arrested for drug use, no problem. He used people he knew at the sheriffs departme...nt to pull his complete rap sheet even though I didn't even have so much as a Social Security number or a date of birth. When I told Jamaul I thought my ex was currently employed and I wanted child-support but I didn't know where he worked, no problem. Mr. Cannon used contact Cihak at the child support services division for the county to locate EDD records for his employer. Finally, when I told Mr. Cannon that I was afraid of going to court, no problem. He went to court and completely destroy any credibility that my ex had. At the end of the day I got the support amount I wanted and I don't know where I would've been without Cannon Legal Group. All in all, I had a great experience with Jamaul and I cannot rate his firm highly enough.