AeroVanti founder's lawyer walks away from $30M contempt case

An attorney in a $30 million Medicare fraud case in Maryland against Patrick Britton-Harr, the founder and CEO of troubled Sarasota air service company AeroVanti, has quit. 

According to court filings, attorney David Barger was granted permission to step away from the case late Friday by U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander.

In a letter sent to Britton-Harr that same day, a deputy clerk writes that “You are hereby notified that this case will proceed with you acting as your own attorney (pro se), unless and until new counsel enters an appearance on your behalf.”