Criminal
Feb. 3, 2023
Incompetency to stand trial could create an escape path for Girardi’s colleagues
If Girardi is found mentally incompetent, the prosecution will be faced with a glaringly obvious open chair leaving a path for Lira and Kamon to argue that Girardi controlled the firm and its finances and that they had no control over what he was doing with the funds in their client trust account.
Jason N. Argos
Kohan & Bablove LLPPhone: (949) 377-5013
Email: Jason@Argos-Law.com
Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA
On Wed, Feb. 1, former legal powerhouse – now disgraced and disbarred - Tom Girardi was indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago based on charges that he stole more than $18 million dollars in settlement money from his clients. Specifically, he was charged with eight counts of wire fraud and four counts of criminal contempt of court for diverting money from his client trust account to fund his former firm, Girardi Keese.
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