Michael Avenatti

I'm a mercenary. That's what people hire me for, and I don't apologize for it.

— Michael Avenatti

I can't remember the last time I was able to just chill.

— Michael Avenatti

For good or for bad, I'm a risk taker. I like high-stakes, high-reward type situations.

— Michael Avenatti

Michael Cohen is a criminal, and he deserves the max penalty.

— Michael Avenatti

We live in a different media age, a different realm if you will. And whoever is going to aspire to the presidency…

— Michael Avenatti

Frankly, I am shocked at the complete level of incompetence exhibited by lawyer after lawyer for Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump.

— Michael Avenatti

In L.A., anytime a show is a success, people come out of the woodwork claiming they had the idea first.

— Michael Avenatti

Donald Trump is either going to resign, he's going to be removed from office by impeachment, or I'm going to beat him…

— Michael Avenatti

I've never understood this idea of not shooting straight with people.

— Michael Avenatti

Part of the problem is that we don't have enough Democrats that will actually stand toe-to-toe with this bully Donald Trump and…

— Michael Avenatti

Women face a very, very difficult time when they run for higher elected office, unfortunately, especially against a guy like Donald Trump.

— Michael Avenatti

Frankly, sometimes you have to go into the belly of the beast, as they say, and take on some of these individuals…

— Michael Avenatti

Anybody that says I don't have any experience in immigration cases doesn't know what the hell they're talking about.

— Michael Avenatti

I completely disagree with the idea of eliminating ICE. We should not eliminate ICE: it's like saying we should eliminate the police…

— Michael Avenatti

My past business dealings, my personal life, who I'm dating, the details of my divorce, other business matters that I've had -…

— Michael Avenatti

I'm not an expert on journalistic standards. I want to be clear on that.

— Michael Avenatti

I'm used to litigating against incredibly competent, high-quality lawyers that are very good chess players.

— Michael Avenatti

I'm a student of the law.

— Michael Avenatti

I think that if the Democratic Party focuses on nominating who will make the best president, that's going to be a critical…

— Michael Avenatti

I've been fighting for Davids versus the Goliaths for 18 years, my entire career.

— Michael Avenatti

This argument that somehow I'm chasing the limelight is a bunch of nonsense, and it's offensive - highly offensive - to me.

— Michael Avenatti

Let's face it - Donald Trump is a very, very good con man.

— Michael Avenatti

I don't generally go after people offensively, but if somebody comes after me, I will absolutely meet them every step of the…

— Michael Avenatti

The kind of work I do, there's usually a lot of money on the line; there are jobs on the line. It's…

— Michael Avenatti

We have, in this country, this Puritan, hypocritical, nonrealistic view of sex that is entirely different than the view, for instance, in…

— Michael Avenatti