Parrish

FACTS

Parrish retained the services of attorney Michael J. Avenatti. Parrish loaned Avenatti $1.5 million. Avenatti did not pay back the loan. Parrish filed a civil action against Avenatti in the Santa Barbara County Superior Court to recover the money Avenatti owed. Avenatti defaulted and Parrish obtained a default judgment. On June 22, 2020, Parrish filed a notice of judgment lien with the Secretary of State against Avenatti in the amount of $2,555,610.21. Avenatti filed a dissolution of marriage action in the Orange County Superior Court to dissolve the marriage with his wife Storie. (Avenatti v. Storie-Aventatti, 2017, No. 17D009930 (“the dissolution action”).) Storie obtained a judgment against Avenatti that included sums for child and spousal support. She also obtained a “turnover order” against Avenatti for 100 percent of the shares he owned in the company Seek Thermal, Inc. On December 24, 2018, she filed a notice of judgment lien with the Secretary of State against Avenatti in the amount of $1,704,697.42. Parrish attempted to satisfy his judgment by executing on stock certificates owned by Avenatti. On June 11, 2020, he obtained a writ of execution. A judgment levy was…