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Civil Litigation

Oct. 23, 2018

Michael Avenatti’s week gets off to a very bad start

The judgment against the celebrity lawyer occurred the same day Eagan Avenatti LLP was evicted.

Michael Avenatti’s week gets off to a very bad start
Browne George Ross LLP partner Eric M. George, left, and his client Jason Frank after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ordered Frank's former law partner, Michael Avenatti, to pay $4.85 million, personally.

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Avenatti must pay his former law partner $4.85 million and his firm must vacate its Newport Beach headquarters under superior court judgments issued Monday in Los Angeles and Orange counties.

The money is in addition to the $10 million owed by Avenatti's firm, Eagan Avenatti LLP, and it's owed by Avenatti himself, making Monday's judgment the first time the possible presidential candidate has personally been he...

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