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Discipline

Aug. 8, 2013

Diamond Bar attorney faces disbarment over bank suit ruse

An attorney who lured dozens of underwater homeowners into paying to join so-called "mass joinder" lawsuits against big banks should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge has ruled.

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Diamond Bar attorney Anthony Joseph Kassas, who lured dozens of underwater homeowners into paying to join so-called "mass joinder" lawsuits against big banks, should be disbarred, a State Bar Court judge has ruled. In the Matter of Kassas, 11-O-16101 (State Bar Ct., July 29, 2013).

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