Jamaul Dmitri Cannon

Jamaul Cannon is an awesome attorney. I didn’t find out until the end of my case that he was actually finalizing his own painful divorce and he never (or at least I never noticed) that it was getting to him or affecting his management of my case. He was in fact able to help negotiate a great settle...ment between my spouse and I when I had absolutely NO faith that we would ever be able to reach an accord. Somehow, he had a way of negotiating with my spouse as well as her lawyer that almost convinced them that they were “winning” no matter what, even as he got them to agree to terms regarding custody of my twins and alimony that I never thought I would see in a million years. All in all, I wouldn’t hesitate recommending Mr. Cannon to any of my friends of colleagues.

I hired Jamal cannon as my attorney to help me to represent me in my divorce and child custody case. He promised me that in a couple to a few months the whole process would be done, and it took me over nine months to just received ONE phone call from him. The one time we had finally gotten a court da...te to consolidate my cases ...he didn't show up to court..never called me ..never told me about any return or future court date, ignored all of my calls and emails and said that the reason he didn't return any of my calls or emails was because he was mad at me. I would definitely not recommend anyone losing any of their hard earned money or precious time that they have to see their kids or to file divorce documentation do not waste your time with this guy he is a joke I would NOT recommend anyone use his services. Anyone else having a problem with him should go to the American Bar Association in California and filed a complaint against him. He does not have any full time staff, it is only him and one partner and they never returned my phone calls in over a year and it was rare when they would return any of my emails. I finally went to his office we rather wait outside of his door for over an hour for him to get back to for him to say he couldn't see me because he was waiting on someone else so as we argued he said that he was quitting working on my case. And that I still owed him a balance lol . been over one year and five thousand dollars + into it he never once show me any type of documentation with you filed or phone calls that he made or any type of effort to look into my case. He told me that I was not divorced charge me extra for a divorce fee and then come to find out when your later at that I was already divorced. And said "sometimes it just doesn't show up" I finally ended up calling Los Angeles family law services and they helped me file all the paperwork that he charged me five thousand dollars for in less than 30 days for under $1000 and got me a mediation and a court date within the next 30 days.

As a "repeat customer" (Jamaul handled my first AND second divorce), I can tell you that Jamaul is as wise, intelligent and "unjaded" five years later as he was when we first met. He has certain empathy for clients while also remaining "no nonsense" in his approach (in our first consult five years ...ago, he told me "I don't want to waste your time promising the moon only to leave you disappointed in the end so I'm not going to lie about how GREAT your life will be after divorce...being divorced sucks"), which I suppose can rankle some, but I truly enjoyed it. When my second marriage didn't work out, I had ZERO qualms going back to Jamaul. He was great about it the second time around and didn't make me feel like I was the problem with my inability to have a functioning marriage. All in all, Jamaul is kind, brilliant but most importantly...HONEST. And that's really all you can ask for in an attorney.

I have to admit...I was a little wishy washy when I first met Jamaul. In fact, nearly six months passed between me first meeting with him and me ultimately retaining him. I suppose I just couldn't admit my marriage was broken. But during that six month period, I would occasionally check in with Ja...maul and ask him things about the divorce process. Nearly every email I sent him was prefaced with an apology for wasting his time but I just wanted ONE more question to be answered. Shockingly, he stayed patient with me and always assured me that the decision to get divorced is a personal one that only I could make. I suppose what made me trust him the most was the fact I never seemed like "just a number" to him. Needless to say, when I finally DID get my act together and file for divorce, Jamaul was great. And he even helped me and my ex reached a fairly amicable settlement. I knew he could've convinced me to fight over every little thing (and run up his own bill in the process) but he actually put me first. I have since referred two other friends to Jamaul and they have both shared equally glowing feelings. All in all, I couldn't recommend him enough.

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"