USA v. Girardi

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:23-cr-00047

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Josephine L. Staton

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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. August 22, 2023

    Dementia Makes Girardi Unfit For Trial, Defense Claims

    After Tom Girardi moved into an assisted living facility's locked-down memory care ward, the 84-year-old disbarred lawyer believed he was at a "work retreat" to take meetings with clients and work on cases, his defense team claimed in new Los Angeles federal court filings.

  6. August 18, 2023

    Girardi Sees Incompetency Bid As 'Escape Hatch,' Feds Say

    Former celebrity attorney Tom Girardi is mentally competent to stand trial on charges he stole tens of millions of dollars from his firm's clients, prosecutors told a California federal judge Friday, saying the 84-year-old's asserted "symptoms" are exaggerated and were only raised when he needed an "escape hatch."

  7. August 17, 2023

    Girardi Ordered To Attend Competency Hearing In Fraud Case

    Former celebrity attorney Tom Girardi must appear in court next week for a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial on charges he stole tens of millions of dollars from his firm's clients, a Los Angeles federal judge ruled Thursday.

  8. August 09, 2023

    Girardi Loses Bid To Delay Competency Hearing In Calif.

    A California federal judge rejected a bid by 84-year-old disbarred Tom Girardi to delay his competency hearing in two weeks to determine whether the former celebrity attorney will face a criminal fraud trial, finding that Girardi did not show why he needed the continuance that was opposed by prosecutors.

  9. July 27, 2023

    Girardi Can't Use Defense Atty As Competency Expert

    A California federal judge granted the government's request to block a veteran criminal defense attorney from testifying about 84-year-old disbarred Tom Girardi's mental state during a competency hearing next month to determine whether the former celebrity attorney will face a criminal fraud trial.

  10. July 21, 2023

    Tom Girardi Fights Uphill To Keep Atty Competency Expert

    A California federal judge indicated Friday that she is leaning toward denying Tom Girardi's request to have veteran criminal defense attorney Kate Corrigan testify about his mental incompetency, noting that while she greatly respects the attorney, Corrigan can't testify as to whether Girardi is malingering or feigning his symptoms.