“This was not a decision we made lightly,” Avenatti said in a statement. Daniels said she is now retaining Clark Brewster as her personal lawyer.
By Felicia Sonmez Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow March 12 at 3:52 PM Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels are parting ways.
“Upon completion of Mr. Brewster’s review and further consultation with me, I anticipate Mr. Brewster will serve as my primary counsel on all legal issues,” she said. “On February 19, we informed Stormy Daniels in writing that we were terminating our legal representation of her for various reasons that we cannot disclose publicly due to the attorney-client privilege,” Avenatti said in a statement posted on Twitter. “This was not a decision we made lightly and it came only after lengthy discussion, thought and deliberation, as well as consultation with other professionals.
That lawsuit was dismissed last week, with U.S. District Court Judge S. James Otero ruling that a decision by Trump and his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, not to enforce the agreement had rendered Daniels’s case moot.
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