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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Bankruptcy

Nov. 1, 2021

Girardi creditor objects to trustee hiring more costly lawyers

“We filed it because the Girardi Keese client victims deserve at least some chance of recovery before more attorneys drain assets from the Girardi Keese bankruptcy estate,” wrote Indira J. Cameron-Banks, a creditor’s attorney.

Attorneys for one of suspended plaintiffs' attorney Thomas V. Girardi's creditors are objecting to the bankruptcy trustee hiring another law firm to investigate litigation lenders who lent his firm money.

Elissa D. Miller, a partner with SulmeyerKupetz APC, filed a motion last month asking U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell of Los Angeles to approve the hiring of Girard Sha...

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