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Discipline

Nov. 21, 2012

State Bar puts lawyer on involuntary inactive status

The State Bar Court ordered Chance Edward Gordon of Los Angeles put on involuntary inactive status, and a judge imposed an injunction against him and his mortgage-relief business.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A lawyer accused of cheating underwater homeowners got a double dose of bad news Friday. The State Bar Court ordered Chance Edward Gordon of Los Angeles put on involuntary inactive status, and a federal judge imposed a preliminary injunction sought by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau against Gordon and his mortgage-relief business. The bar court found that over about two years, Gordon and his nonattorney par...

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