in 2007, avenatti formed the law firm eagan avenatti, llp (formerly known as eagan o'malley &amp; avenatti, llp) with offices in newport beach, los angeles and san francisco, california. he has since appeared on "60 minutes" three times in connection with cases he has handled. avenatti has also served as lead counsel on a number of historically large cases, including an april 2017 $454 million verdict after a jury trial in federal court in los angeles in a fraud case against kimberly-clark and halyard health, later reduced to a $21.7 million verdict upon appeal, an $80.5 million class-action settlement against service corporation international, a $41 million jury verdict against kpmg, and a $39 million malicious prosecution settlement.