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. July 07, 2023

    Feds Seek To Ax Girardi Competency Expert

    Prosecutors urged a Los Angeles federal judge to toss a defense attorney's opinion backing Tom Girardi's mental incompetence claim, saying in a filing this week it was "nothing more than advocacy masquerading as expert testimony."

  2. July 03, 2023

    Girardi Fights To Keep Atty Expert For Competency Hearing

    Tom Girardi's public defenders are urging a California federal judge to keep an expert's testimony about his mental competence, saying the expert, a veteran criminal law attorney, is well-qualified to opine that Girardi cannot properly assist in his own defense.

  3. June 26, 2023

    CORRECTION: Prosecutors Want Girardi Expert Excluded

    Prosecutors want a California federal judge to exclude one of Tom Girardi's expert witnesses ahead of his competency hearing next month, arguing the testimony of the witness, a criminal defense attorney, would be a "waste of time."

  4. June 22, 2023

    Feds Seek Unredacted Girardi Mental Evaluation Report

    Prosecutors have urged a Los Angeles federal judge to force Tom Girardi's defense team to release a full copy of an expert's mental evaluation report, saying it would be highly relevant to establishing the disbarred attorney's competence to stand trial.

  5. June 19, 2023

    Girardi Aims To Keep Redactions In Gov't Competency Report

    Prosecutors are stepping on Thomas Girardi's right not to incriminate himself by pressing for certain hidden details in a doctor's report that concluded he was competent to stand trial, his legal team told a California federal judge Friday.

  6. June 12, 2023

    Girardi Competent To Stand Trial, Gov't Expert Says

    Former celebrity attorney Tom Girardi is competent to face a federal criminal trial on charges he stole millions from his clients, a government expert has concluded, setting up a legal battle over the 84-year-old's mental state and Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.

  7. February 06, 2023

    Girardi Competency Hearing Ordered In LA Wire Fraud Case

    A California federal magistrate judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for disgraced former attorney Tom Girardi on behalf of the court, pending a competency hearing to determine his ability to face wire fraud charges connected to his alleged theft of millions from clients of his former firm, Girardi Keese.

  8. February 01, 2023

    Girardi's Mental State Emerges As Early Legal Battleground

    Now that federal grand juries in California and Illinois have indicted Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi, who is 83 and diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, on charges stemming from his firm's theft of millions from clients, the stage is set for a court battle over the former legal titan's fitness to stand trial.

  9. February 01, 2023

    Tom Girardi Indicted In Calif., Ill. Over Client Theft Scandal

    Federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago have indicted Girardi Keese founder Tom Girardi on 13 counts of wire fraud and four counts of criminal contempt stemming from his firm's theft of millions from its clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday, saying their criminal investigation into the once-legendary law firm is not yet finished.