Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Criminal
Jul. 28, 2021
Paralegal testifies Michael Avenatti’s law firm was in financial distress periodically for 4 years
Over the objections of the disgraced lawyer, his former employee guided jurors through a financial ledger that showed client money being used for personal expenses.
SANTA ANA — After his former paralegal began testifying Tuesday about where money coming into his law firm was dispersed, Michael Avenatti demanded a mistrial, telling a federal judge the evidence violates a prohibition on prosecutors telling the jury about the disgraced lawyer’s extravagant lifestyle.
Tuesday’s was at least the fourth mistrial motion that Avenatti or his previous lawyer has made. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna d...
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