Girardi Keese

  1. November 09, 2021

    Erika Girardi, GK Trustee Colluded In 'Shakedown,' Firm Says

    A Chicago law firm alleged Tuesday that an attorney for Girardi Keese's bankruptcy trustee threatened to release damaging information in a "bizarre shakedown" to protect Erika Girardi, the reality-TV star wife of the bankrupt firm's founder.

  2. November 03, 2021

    Erika Girardi Calls Edelson's Fee Agreement 'Illegal'

    "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Girardi is trying to duck a lawsuit brought by her husband's former co-counsel who revealed his firm, Girardi Keese, stole from their mutual clients, saying their claims are based on an "illegal, unethical and unenforceable" fee agreement.

  3. October 28, 2021

    Girardi Victims Slam Proposed Special Counsel's $975 Rate

    Former Girardi Keese clients are trying to prevent the law firm's bankruptcy trustee from hiring San Francisco lawyers who bill up to $975 hourly to investigate legal lenders who poured cash into the ailing firm, saying professionals already involved in the case could do that for far less.

  4. October 22, 2021

    Mansions, Lingerie And $1.8B: Girardi Trustees Hunt For Cash

    Since Thomas V. Girardi’s powerful plaintiffs firm went belly up in December amid allegations of theft and fraud, bankruptcy trustees have been searching for money to pay off more than $100 million in debt. Here, Law360 takes a look at some of the most noteworthy developments in the cases so far — and some of the questions that remain.

  5. October 13, 2021

    Girardi Keese Trustee Wants To Investigate Legal Lenders

    Girardi Keese's bankruptcy trustee wants to investigate several litigation lenders who poured tens of millions of dollars into the firm in recent years, even as it appeared that founder Thomas V. Girardi was spending the money improperly, according to a document filed Wednesday in Los Angeles bankruptcy court.

  6. August 24, 2021

    Girardi Keese Owes More Than $101M, Trustee Says

    Girardi Keese apparently owes more than $101 million to former clients, co-counsel, businesses and lenders, but confounding records for 127 bank accounts have left it unclear how much money the law firm actually has to pay them with, the firm's bankruptcy trustee said in a court filing late Tuesday.

  7. July 26, 2021

    Erika Girardi Claims Atty's Harassment 'Significantly Worse'

    Erika Girardi, the reality TV star and ex-wife of disgraced plaintiffs attorney Thomas Girardi, claimed Friday that the purported harassment she's faced from an attorney hired to investigate her finances has gotten "significantly worse," according to a filing lodged in the California federal bankruptcy case for Girardi Keese.

  8. July 14, 2021

    Girardi Firm Directed Fee Payments To His Wife, Trustee Says

    Erika Girardi, the reality TV star ex-wife of disgraced attorney Thomas Girardi, has been collecting California lottery payments that her ex-husband's now-bankrupt firm accepted in lieu of fees in a 2012 settlement, the Girardi Keese's liquidation trustee claimed Wednesday, adding that the firm and the "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star had hidden those payments from the court and creditors.

  9. June 29, 2021

    Girardi Firm May Be Able To Pay Creditors, Erika Girardi Says

    The bankrupt law firm founded by disgraced attorney Thomas V. Girardi might be able to pay in full the $130 million it owes to victims and other creditors, but only if it carefully manages the lucrative batch of lawsuits that must now be handed off to other firms to finish up, according to Girardi's reality TV star ex-wife, Erika.

  10. June 25, 2021

    Erika Girardi Accuses Trustee's Atty Of Harassment

    Erika Girardi wants to disqualify an attorney hired to investigate her in bankruptcy proceedings tied to her disgraced ex-husband, Thomas V. Girardi, saying the attorney has been conducting an online "jihad of extra-judicial statements" targeting her since being appointed earlier this month.