Now in Celebrity Spotlight, Arent Fox Partner Targeted for Repping Con Man Years Ago
David Meyer's past work is back in the spotlight after his recent wedding to reality star Camille Grammer.
April 19, 2019 at 12:37 PM
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An Arent Fox partner's years-old dispute over his work with a former client has landed on Page Six, thanks to his recent celebrity marriage and a newly created website calling for action against him.
David Meyer joined Arent Fox's Los Angeles office from Venable in June 2012. He recently gained new fame after marrying Camille Grammer, who stars in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Page Six first reported on the existence of the website, which calls for Meyer's disbarment because he formerly represented convicted fraudster Troy Stratos in deals.
The webpage, IMetDavidMeyer.com, says it was launched “for the victims of David Meyer.” Stratos was criminally convicted for stealing millions of dollars from people who believed they were making legitimate investments.
The website domain is registered to Timothy Burns of Pennsylvania, according to records from GoDaddy.com. Burns managed ESG Capital Partners, a group of investors that was formed to buy Facebook Inc. shares before the company's 2012 initial public offering, and gave money to Stratos to make those investments.
“The wedding was this week. So basically, I have been waiting for this,” Burns said in an interview Thursday. “It is all about getting exposure to [Meyer's] deeds.”
In 2015, Burns was sentenced to five years in prison for dipping into his clients' money to buy property, assuming that the Facebook investment would be lucrative to ESG. Burns was released from prison in July, court records confirm, after successfully moving for a shorter sentence.
As head of ESG, Burns sent Stratos $11.25 million of investor money in 2011, court records say.
ESG Capital Partners sued Meyer and Venable in 2013, in relation to their representation of Stratos. That case was dismissed in 2013, revived by a federal appellate court in 2016, and reached a confidential settlement in 2017.
Stratos was found guilty by a federal jury in Sacramento in May 2015 of stealing from investors who believed they were buying Facebook stock. In December 2016, Judge Troy Nunley of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California sentenced Stratos to nearly 22 years in prison for multiple counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice.
The site said a disciplinary complaint against Meyer was filed with the State Bar of California earlier this month, and it links to a document which appears to be a that complaint, filled out by Burns. The purported disciplinary complaint accuses Meyer of participating in the scheme to defraud Burns and his clients.
Reached Thursday, the state bar was not able to confirm or deny whether there is or was an investigation into Meyer, as the investigation and complaint process is confidential.
Burns' site also links to the 2016 opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which revived ESG's claims against Venable and Meyer.
Meyer and Arent Fox did not respond to requests for comment regarding the allegations made on the website.
Venable also declined to comment on the matter.
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