Law Practice,
Bankruptcy
Feb. 3, 2022
Girardi’s wife must turn over $750K diamond earrings, bankruptcy judge says
“Not only did Girardi steal money from the GK client trust account to buy the diamond earrings, he covered up the theft by describing the purpose of the check as a ‘cost’ of litigation incurred by the firm in the prosecution of the ‘Rezulin,’ mass tort, complex litigation cases in which GK functioned as ‘lead counsel,’” said Elissa D. Miller of SulmeyerKupetz.
A Los Angeles bankruptcy judge said reality TV star Erika Girardi must surrender a pair of $750,000 diamond earrings her estranged husband and suspended attorney Thomas V. Girardi bought with money allegedly stolen from a client trust account.
Tom Girardi, once one of the most well-known plaintiffs' lawyers in the nation, is accused of stealing millions of dollars from personal injury clients. Creditors forced him and his law firm, Girardi...
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