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USA v. Girardi
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January 10, 2024
Girardi's Criminal Trial Set For May As 2025 Bid Rejected
A California federal judge on Wednesday set Tom Girardi's criminal trial for May 21, pushing aside the disbarred attorney's request to hold the proceedings until 2025 while telling his attorneys that they should have been prepared for the court's recent order that Girardi is competent to stand trial.
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January 09, 2024
Girardi Wants 2025 Trial As Feds Push For Earlier Date
If federal prosecutors have their way, former celebrity attorney Tom Girardi will stand trial for wire fraud in about two months. Girardi, however, would rather wait until next year.
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January 05, 2024
Girardi 'Exaggerating His Symptoms,' Unsealed Order Says
A Los Angeles federal judge concluded that disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi is "exaggerating his symptoms" to back a claim that he has dementia, finding that he is competent to face trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from his clients, according to an order unsealed Friday.
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January 02, 2024
Girardi Competent To Face Criminal Charges, Judge Rules
Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi's claim that he has dementia will not spare him from facing trial on charges that he stole millions of dollars from his clients, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Tuesday.
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December 04, 2023
Girardi Courtroom Profanity Is Proof Of Competency, Feds Say
Prosecutors have asked a California federal judge to find disbarred attorney Tom Girardi, 84, competent to stand trial following a dementia diagnosis, citing a moment during a September cross-examination in which the attorney lashed out against the prosecution as proof of "his appreciation of this case and the allegations lodged against him."
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November 20, 2023
Girardi Says 'Severe' Impairment Means He Can't Stand Trial
Disgraced attorney Thomas Girardi is not faking his mental decline and is unfit to stand trial in a criminal case alleging that he stole tens of millions of dollars from his own vulnerable clients, according to the public defenders representing him in California federal court.
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October 30, 2023
Girardi Is Competent To Stand Trial, Feds Say
Disgraced attorney Thomas Girardi is faking the extent of his mental illness and should be found competent to stand trial for allegedly stealing tens of millions of dollars from his own vulnerable clients, prosecutors have told a California federal judge.
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September 13, 2023
Girardi Swears At Prosecutor During Competency Hearing
Disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi broke his relative silence Wednesday during the third day of a California federal court hearing over his mental competency to quietly swear at a federal prosecutor who was questioning a neuropsychologist about Girardi's mental faculties.
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September 12, 2023
Girardi's Dementia Diagnosis By USC Doc Challenged By Feds
A federal prosecutor on Tuesday challenged a University of Southern California neurologist's diagnosis that Tom Girardi suffers from moderate dementia, suggesting during a hearing that she is taking statements by the disbarred attorney and those close to him at face value and not properly considering that he might be faking symptoms.
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August 23, 2023
Tom Girardi Likely Feigning Dementia, Psychologist Testifies
A psychologist testifying at Tom Girardi's competency hearing in California federal court Wednesday said the disbarred attorney may be experiencing mild cognitive impairment but appears to be feigning severe symptoms, such as when he denied having a third wife yet took two calls from her during his exam.