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California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’

He was CNN’s choice for 2020.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Attorney Michael Avenatti should be prevented from practicing law for pocketing a client’s settlement and covering his tracks through “deceit, dishonesty and lies,” a lawyer for the California State Bar said Wednesday.

Attorney Eli Morgenstern said Avenatti poses a threat to clients and the public if he continues to perform legal work. The bar is seeking to put Avenatti on involuntary inactive status, and Morgenstern said it is likely he will eventually be disbarred.

Avenatti, who separately faces federal criminal charges, denounced the hearing as a “dog and pony show” and a “complete joke.”

The lawyer best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump faces charges in New York of trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike and stealing from Daniels. He faces trial in California on charges he cheated on his taxes and embezzled millions from clients. read more

6 Comments on California bar: Avenatti stole from client using ‘deceit’

  1. it’s amazing how far a person can get representing perversity, fraud, corruption, and overall derangement

    this dude is the poster boy

    lol, he must be enjoying his penance with such an upside down mindset

    shortlived, i hope

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  2. I think he should reconsider his run for President. After all, the creepy porn lawyer is the PERFECT candidate for the Democrats. He embodies everything they stand for. He could brush up on his money laundering skills though, by starting a foundation. Does he still have Brian Stelters endorsement?

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