Retired Judge Convicted and Disbarred

The State of Michigan Attorney Discipline Board yesterday reported that retired Clinton Township Judge William H. Cannon is disbarred retroactive to September 16, 2009, the effective date of his felony conviction and automatic interim suspension.

On September 16, 2009, Cannon entered a plea of no contest to in Macomb County Circuit Court to one count of embezzlement by agent or trustee between $1,000 and $20,000, a felony. He was thereafter sentenced by Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Richard L. Carretti to serve 180 days in the Macomb County Jail. Judge Carretti also ordered Cannon to be placed on probation for five years and required him to pay nearly $75,000 in restitution.

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Retired Judge, Convicted of Embezzlement, Disbarred by Resignation