Cannon
Cannon v. State Bar
Opinion
Lead Opinion
The Review Department of the State Bar Court (review department) has recommended that petitioner Jimmie Eugene Cannon be disbarred from the practice of law in California for multiple acts of misconduct, including failure to perform services and failure to return unearned fees. Petitioner contends that the recommendation is based on erroneous findings of fact and conclusions of law. As we shall explain, most of the alleged discrepancies between the evidence and the findings relate to immaterial matters. With certain exceptions, the review department’s essential findings and conclusions are supported by the evidence, and the recommended discipline of disbarment is appropriate.
*1106 Petitioner was admitted to the bar in June 1976; he has no prior record of discipline. Petitioner was charged with misconduct in two notices to show cause that were consolidated. After the hearing on the charges, a single-referee hearing panel found misconduct in five matters and recommended that petitioner be disbarred. By a unanimous vote, the review department adopted the hearing panel’s findings of fact and its disbarment recommendation.