2:23PM
Florida attorney disbarred for failing to remit $25 million to satisfy mortgages
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 2:23PM The Florida State Bar has announced that Jerome David Mitchell, of 1326 S. Ridgewood Ave., Suite 8, Daytona Beach, Florida [has been] disbarred for 10 years effective immediately, following a July 2 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1994).
From about 2005 though Dec. 2007, Mitchell was a title issuing agent and closed numerous loans on behalf of the Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund. In the course of conducting those transactions, Mitchell failed to remit approximately $25 million to satisfy existing mortgages and encumbrances. (Case No. SC09-1058)


