Private harm lawyer Tom Girardi is a authorized legend and courtroom shark. He says he is a champion for the little man, successful lots of of hundreds of thousands in settlements for widows, orphans and scores of susceptible victims. He was identified, amongst different issues, for his involvement within the well-known Erin Brockovich case.
However jilted purchasers and co-counsel cried foul after they found that he was allegedly stiffing them hundreds of thousands in settlement cash. In the present day, Girardi is dealing with lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in lawsuits alleging fraud, and his well-known namesake regulation agency has gone bankrupt.
The disgraced and just lately disbarred Girardi faces potential prison expenses. He has been indicted by federal grand juries in two states on fraud expenses for allegedly swindling greater than $18 million from purchasers.
He’s additionally in the course of a divorce from his third spouse, singer Erika Jayne, who appeared on Bravo’s “The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills.”
Jayne’s lawyer, Evan C. Borges, of Greenberg Gross, offered the next assertion to CNBC in response to this episode:
“Erika will not be a lawyer and she or he by no means labored at Girardi Keese the place the wrongdoing involving purchasers occurred. She had no information of and didn’t take part in any misconduct — interval. Additionally, Erika had no management over Tom Girardi’s agency or funds. Erika turned over her earnings to her husband and his regulation agency, who dealt with all funds together with exterior accountants.”
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