737 Tehama StreetNo. 3San Francisco, CA 94103
Scott Sugarman and Chris Cannon founded the law firm of Sugarman and Cannon in 1989. Our practice emphasizes the defense of individuals and businesses suspected of, or charged with, violations of criminal laws and administrative regulations. We represent clients in both the California and Federal courts, before administrative agencies and on appeal.
Scott Sugarman graduated from Stanford Law School in 1975, and then worked for the Washington, D.C. law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris...
Scott Sugarman and Chris Cannon founded the law firm of Sugarman and Cannon in 1989. Our practice emphasizes the defense of individuals and businesses suspected of, or charged with, violations of criminal laws and administrative regulations. We represent clients in both the California and Federal courts, before administrative agencies and on appeal.
Scott Sugarman graduated from Stanford Law School in 1975, and then worked for the Washington, D.C. law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris...
Scott Sugarman and Chris Cannon founded the law firm of Sugarman and Cannon in 1989. Our practice emphasizes the defense of individuals and businesses suspected of, or charged with, violations of criminal laws and administrative regulations. We represent clients in both the California and Federal courts, before administrative agencies and on appeal.
Scott Sugarman graduated from Stanford Law School in 1975, and then worked for the Washington, D.C. law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Kampelman. From 1977 to 1980, he was one of the two chief law clerks for the Chief Justice of California, Rose Elizabeth Bird. From 1981 to 1988, he worked as an attorney with the Alameda County Public Defender's Office.
Chris Cannon graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1976 and Southwestern University Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review, in 1979. Following graduation, Chris clerked for two years for the Hon. William Sweigert, a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. Chris then worked for the Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office and after one year left to join the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California, where he remained until he established the firm of Sugarman and Cannon.
Sugarman & Cannon have represented a wide variety of clients at trial and on appeal. In many white collar cases, our early participation has been able to convince the authorities not to file charges.
At Trial:
In post judgment proceedings we secured the release of an individual serving a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty to possessing the largest quantity of methamphetamine ever seized in the United States;
We have also obtained multiple reversals of fraud convictions and have had numerous other appellate victories representing clients charged with crimes ranging from white collar offenses to assault on a police officer and murder.
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