State Bar & Bar Associations
Jun. 4, 2019
State Bar moves to inactivate Michael Avenatti's license
The State Bar filed a petition Monday to place embattled attorney Michael J. Avenatti on involuntary inactive status.
The State Bar filed a petition Monday to place embattled attorney Michael J. Avenatti on involuntary inactive status.
In an application for involuntary inactive enrollment, State Bar Senior Trial Counsel Eli D. Morgenstern asserted that Avenatti -- best known for his representation of Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, in her lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump -- misappropriated nearly $840,000 in settlement funds from another client, Gregory Barela, and gave ...
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