Soon after, judge and prosecutors were informed of Braun’s unexpected illness, and a three-week trial recess was granted.ĭuring the interim, Braun underwent emergency surgery and was hospitalized for 10 days, the motion states.Īccording to recent updates from Braun’s medical team, the defense lawyer will be unable to further participate in the Chan case, that he faces an “indeterminate but significant” period of further medical treatments and convalescence, and that his eventual return to the practice of law - albeit in a gradual, or perhaps, even limited capacity - will be at least three months down the line, if not longer, the filing says.Ī spokesman for the U.S.

On March 2, Braun returned to his office after the day’s trial proceedings where his adult son, Adam, with whom he shares an office suite, found the attorney gravely ill, the motion says.Įmergency services were called, and Braun was taken by ambulance to the nearby UCLA Medical Center where he was admitted for treatment. Braun had been representing Chan for about four years in connection with the case, and met with the defendant at least weekly for the past 2 1/2 years in preparation for the trial which began Feb.

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