Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Jun. 25, 2019
State Bar judge allows cross examination in Avenatti’s law license hearing
Michael J. Avenatti’s lawyer, Ellen A. Pansky, said inactivating his license is unwarranted because the underlying conduct isn’t likely to result in disbarment.
A State Bar judge ruled Monday that a lawyer for Michael J. Avenatti can cross examine the former client whose money he’s accused of stealing, part of a July 22 hearing in which the bar will seek to deactivate the troubled attorney’s law license.
During a telephone hearing in Los Angeles, Judge Yvette D. Roland said she’ll allow the questioning despite opposition from Eli D. Morgenstern, the State Bar’s senior trial counsel.
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