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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation,
Bankruptcy

Nov. 4, 2021

Erika Girardi’s lawyer, Chicago plaintiffs’ lawyer, trustee’s lawyer trade charges

The allegation and incendiary statements subsequently lobbed Wednesday by several of the parties in the Girardi bankruptcy may have been in part aimed at influencing public opinion on the eve of the TV season finale of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” reunion show.

A lawyer for Tom Girardi's estranged wife accused a Chicago plaintiffs' law firm of entering into an illegal fee-sharing agreement with her husband in litigation over a 2018 airplane crash in Indonesia.

Evan C. Borges made that allegation in papers filed in bankruptcy court Tuesday. Borges is opposing a request by Edelson PC in Chicago to lift a stay on a lawsuit Edelson filed accusing Tom Girardi and his now-defunct law firm of misappropri...

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