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Law Practice

Oct. 2, 2008

Appeals Court Upholds Judgment Conviction Against Los Angeles Lawyer

A Court of Appeal has upheld a legal malpractice judgment against Los Angeles attorney Eddie Jamison. He is accused of failing to disclose a conflict of interest when he agreed to represent an elderly client.

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By Laura Ernde

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Los Angeles attorney who represented an elderly woman without telling her he had a conflict of interest got no sympathy Tuesday from a state appellate court.

Eddie B. Jamison was convicted of legal malpractice, breach of fiduciary duty and financial abuse of an elder after a bench trial with Ventura County Superior ...

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