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Litigation

Dec. 6, 2013

Attorney 'robosigned' collections complaints for JPMorgan, suit says

A lawsuit echoing Attorney General Kamala Harris' robosigning litigation provides insight into how the bank allegedly filed hundreds of collection suits daily during the financial meltdown.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


At the height of the financial crisis, Leslie Ann Dunn Lunsford was a part-time attorney, licensed in California but practicing from Georgia, court documents contend. Twice a week, she allegedly worked at an Atlanta law office where her bar number came in handy for a major client, JPMorgan Chase & Co.


Credit holders were defaulting like a row of dominoes, and the bank was eager to collect. O...

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