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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Feb. 9, 2022

Public protection and the State Bar of California

As the mess surrounding the fall of infamous plaintiffs’ attorney Thomas V. Girardi has unfolded, we have learned more about the time line leading up to his downfall.

Antonio R. Sarabia II

IP Business Law, Inc.

320 via Pasqual
Redondo Beach , California 90277

Email: asarabia2@gmail.com

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As the mess surrounding the fall of infamous plaintiffs' attorney Thomas V. Girardi has unfolded, we have learned more about the time line leading up to his downfall. In 2007, Girardi took three-quarters of a million dollars from his client trust account to buy earrings for his wife. The Bankruptcy Court recently ordered his wife to deposit the earrings with the bankruptcy trustee. Also in 2007, there were hearings by the special master appointed by the 9th Circuit to...

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