9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jul. 15, 2020
Big-name lawyers fight to wipe out one of Michael Avenatti’s last big trial wins
In his bid to overturn or reduce a punitive damages award in a class verdict against Kimberly-Clark Corp., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. invoked the name of the victorious and now-disgraced trial attorney Michael J. Avenatti to argue the trial was wrongly decided.
In his bid to overturn or reduce a punitive damages award in a class verdict against Kimberly-Clark Corp., Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. invoked the name of the victorious and now-disgraced trial attorney Michael J. Avenatti to argue the trial was wrongly decided.
"What Mr. Avenatti tried is a case that he wished he had," Boutrous told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Tuesday during arguments ...
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