Mealey's (July 31, 2019, 8:23 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Celebrity plaintiff attorney Michael J. Avenatti on July 15 was officially removed as class counsel in a California statewide surgical gown class action, and his replacements were ordered by a federal judge not to allow Avenatti to “control the strategy of the litigation” (Bahamas Surgery Center, LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation, et al., No. CV 14-8390-DMG, C.D. Calif.)....