State Bar & Bar Associations,
Immigration
Sep. 11, 2023
State Bar liable for Girardi’s misconduct, lawsuit claims
“I don’t think they would be held responsible for monetary damages … Bar employees and the State Bar itself have immunity from liability for monetary damages,” Susan L. Margolis of Margolis & Margolis LLP in Los Angeles commented.
Can the State Bar be held civilly liable for its failure to better police plaintiffs attorney Thomas V. Girardi, who is now disbarred and awaiting federal trials in Los Angeles and Chicago on claims that he stole millions of dollars from personal injury clients?
The Bar has acknowledged that it failed to act, for one reason or another, on roughly 200 complaints it received about Girardi over the course of his 40-year career. But profession...
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