State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice
Mar. 11, 2021
State Bar says Girardi is ineligible to practice law; psychiatrist says he has Alzheimer's
But ethics experts say the State Bar's decision -- which came a day before a psychiatrist stated in court filings that Girardi suffers from Alzheimer's disease -- raises more questions than it answers -- and those questions have to do with the State Bar itself.
The State Bar has deemed Thomas V. Girardi ineligible to practice law -- a move that will hardly surprise California's legal community as the once-successful plaintiffs' attorney continues to battle bankruptcy and a series of lawsuits by clients and creditors alleging he and his firm owe them millions of dollars.
But ethics experts say the State Bar's decision -- which came a day before a psychiatrist stated in court filings that Gi...
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