The Chapter 11 bankruptcy case celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti filed for his former law firm came to an abrupt end after six days, when a Santa Ana, Calif. bankruptcy judge dismissed the case.
Judge Catherine E. Bauer of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California ruled March 13 that the case for the Trial Group LLP is dismissed and that Avenatti can’t file another bankruptcy for the firm for at least 180 days.
Bauer also ordered Avenatti to appear and demonstrate why the judge shouldn’t sanction him for filing the case, said Jack Reitman, an attorney at ...
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