Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 2, 2021
Geragos can’t end suit related to Avenatti extortion attempt
Los Angeles County Judge Michael L. Stern said youth basketball coach Gary Franklin and his attorney, Trent Copeland of Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, had adequately pleaded their fraud case.
Attorney Mark J. Geragos, whom U.S. prosecutors named as an unindicted co-conspirator in Michael J. Avenatti’s scheme to extort $25 million from Nike Inc., on Friday failed to get a related lawsuit dismissed.
Superior Court Judge Michael L. Stern said youth basketball coach Gary Franklin and his attorney, Trent Copeland of Browne George Ross O’Brien Annaguey & Ellis LLP, had adequately pleaded fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud,...
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