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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation

Jan. 13, 2022

Geragos asks to block coach from seeing insurance documents

Trent Copeland, who represents coach Gary Franklin, said the documents he seeks will show Geragos communicated to an insurance company that he did in fact represent Franklin.

Los Angeles attorney Mark Geragos said a basketball coach he never met but who is suing him for alleged malpractice should not be allowed to subpoena insurance documents the coach says could prove an attorney-client relationship existed.

Youth basketball coach Gary Franklin, formerly represented by suspended attorney Michael Avenatti in a contract dispute with Nike Inc., said Geragos also represented him in the matter before the two lawyer...

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