Explore ethical transgressions and legal boundaries through the Michael Avenatti Nike and Stormy Daniels trials and related case law.
You’ve seen the headlines, but do you know how Michael Avenatti, who famously represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her dispute with former President Donald Trump, came to be convicted of multiple felonies including extortion, fraud, and identity theft?
Experienced trial and appellate lawyer Peter Afrasiabi details the egregious conduct that got Avenatti convicted in these cases and reviews how the legal ethics rules apply when lawyers stand accused of making improper threats, falsifying documents, stealing client funds, and failing to act in their clients’ best interests.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
