Aug. 22, 2023
Competent Girardi exaggerating symptoms, prosecutors say
“Evidence of his normal routine immediately leading up to the demise of Girardi Keese … demonstrates that his instant ‘symptoms’ are … an artfully constructed self-serving portrait,” U.S. prosecutors said of disbarred plaintiffs’ attorney Thomas V. Girardi.
Preparing for a competency hearing for disbarred plaintiff’s attorney Thomas V. Girardi this Wednesday, federal prosecutors accused him of exaggerating his mental deficiencies as a ploy to avoid trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from clients, including victims of a 2018 Indonesian air crash.
“Despite defendant’s asserted incompetence, evidence of his normal routine immediately leading up to the demise of Girardi Keese [in ...
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