Michael Avenatti

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Early life

Born on February 16, 1971, in Sacramento, California, Avenatti spent his early childhood in Colorado and Utah.[19] Avenatti moved with his family to Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, in 1982, where he attended Parkway Central High School.[20] After graduating in 1989, Avenatti attended Saint Louis University for a year before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a B.A. in political science in 1996. In 1999, he earned a Juris Doctor from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., where he worked with Professor Jonathan Turley on constitutional issues relating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). He graduated Order of the Coif and first in his class.[8] In 2003, George Washington University Law School established the Michael J. Avenatti Award for Excellence in Pre-Trial and Trial Advocacy, an annual award given to the member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrates excellence in pre-trial and trial advocacy. Avenatti also received George Washington University's prestigious Alumni Recognition Award in 2010.[21]

Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti's latest lawsuit against Donald Trump is a doozy, but it's not his first. It turns out he and his client may have simultaneously been sticking it to Trump in 2006.

Avenatti spent Wednesday morning on NBC TV discussing Daniels' claims that she was free to discuss her alleged 2006 fling with The Donald because Trump never bothered to sign the confidentiality agreement that they'd agreed to before the 2016 election. The porn star claims she was involved in a sexual relationship with Trump from summer 2006 until "well into" 2007.

It was also in 2006 that Avenatti settled a suit with Trump and producer Mark Burnett, alleging they'd lifted one of his clients' ideas for the hit NBC show "The Apprentice." That case, filed on behalf of Velocity Entertainment Group, ended with a settlement for an amount that was never disclosed, according to the Associated Press.

Trump isn't the only reality star Avenatti has dragged into a courtroom. In 2007, he filed a $10 million defamation suit against Paris Hilton on behalf of actress Zeta Graff, who alleged Hilton planted negative stories about her in the New York Post. Hilton settled that case for an undisclosed sum.

https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/stormy-daniels-lawyer-sued-trump-paris-hilton-article-1.3861088

While in college and later in law school, Avenatti worked at The Research Group, a political opposition research and media firm run by Rahm Emanuel (later White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama, and Mayor of Chicago).[22] Avenatti worked on over 150 Democratic and Republican campaigns in 42 states while studying at George Washington University.

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Is he involved with the FISA also?

Michael lived throughout the United States while growing up but ultimately attended high school in St. Louis, Missouri. Michael graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with a major in Political Science. He subsequently attended law school at George Washington University, where he had the benefit of working closely with Professor Johnathan Turley on constitutional issues relating to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Michael later graduated Order of the Coif, first in his class.