Girardi Keese

  1. April 27, 2021

    Girardi Firm Trustee Wants Atty To Chase Celeb Wife's Assets

    Girardi Keese's bankruptcy trustee wants to hire a social media-savvy lawyer who has criticized the law firm founder's estranged wife, reality television star Erika Girardi, to investigate whether she has assets belonging to the defunct practice, according to court documents filed Tuesday.

  2. April 19, 2021

    Girardi CFO's Silence Presents Obstacle For Trustee

    Months after the iconic plaintiffs firm Girardi Keese crumbled under the weight of debt and scandal, its bankruptcy trustee has focused attention on the firm's chief financial officer — one of few people at the firm believed to understand its finances besides founder Thomas Girardi.

  3. April 06, 2021

    Girardi Keese Trustee Still Finding Cases, Potential Victims

    As much as $25 million is missing from Girardi Keese clients' settlements, and more cases and potential victims are still being found three months after the plaintiffs firm closed down, its bankruptcy trustee told a Los Angeles judge Tuesday.

  4. February 03, 2021

    Girardi's Pasadena Mansion Burglarized, Police Say

    Tom Girardi's 10,277-square-foot mansion has apparently been burglarized, but detectives don't know what was stolen from the bankrupt trial attorney's estate, police told Law360 on Wednesday.

  5. February 01, 2021

    Rival Firm Denies Poaching Girardi Keese Clients

    California plaintiffs firm Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo LLP has hit back against claims by the bankruptcy trustee for Girardi Keese that ACTS has been poaching the troubled firm's clients, calling those "fabricated allegations" counterproductive and warning failure to proceed cautiously could inject even more chaos into an already messy situation.

  6. January 26, 2021

    Girardi Keese Trustee Accuses Rival Firm Of Poaching Clients

    The bankruptcy trustee for troubled law firm Girardi Keese claims rival California plaintiffs firm Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo LLP is trying to poach GK clients in the Porter Ranch gas leak litigation.

  7. January 20, 2021

    Girardi Keese Co-Counsel Wants OK To Rep Gas Leak Clients

    A law firm representing victims of Southern California gas leaks argued Tuesday that it should not be hindered by the stay levied against its bankrupt co-counsel Girardi Keese, despite objections from one of Girardi Keese's creditors.

  8. January 19, 2021

    Girardi Doesn't Need Guardian In Bankruptcy, Edelson Says

    Embattled celebrity attorney Tom Girardi is clearly not mentally incompetent and doesn't need a guardian, Edelson PC told a California bankruptcy court Tuesday, pointing to recent video footage of Girardi giving a coherent interview and speaking on a panel for the Consumer Attorneys of California.

  9. January 06, 2021

    Trustees Named In Tom Girardi, Girardi Keese Bankruptcies

    A pair of Los Angeles lawyers will take control of the assets of debt-laden trial lawyer Tom Girardi and his insolvent firm, Girardi Keese, according to papers filed Wednesday by the U.S. Trustee's Office, setting the debtors on the path for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation unless they object by the end of next week.