Girardi Keese

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. June 23, 2021

    Girardi Claims Pile Up Ahead Of Bankruptcy Deadline

    Creditors filed $46 million in additional claims against Girardi Keese before the close of a Wednesday court deadline, bringing to $129 million the total amount allegedly owed by the bankrupt law firm founded by disgraced plaintiffs attorney Thomas V. Girardi.

  4. June 23, 2021

    Erika Girardi's Accountant, Atty Targeted In Hunt For $20M

    An attorney investigating Erika Girardi wants to question the reality television star's accountant and divorce lawyer about her finances, saying in court documents they might reveal what happened to $20 million she may have received from her husband Thomas V. Girardi's now-bankrupt law firm.

  5. June 18, 2021

    Girardi Keese Loaned $20M To Erika Girardi's Biz, Atty Says

    Reality television star Erika Girardi's companies may have received over $20 million in loans from her husband's law firm, Girardi Keese, along with improperly assigned fees from a client settlement, a bankruptcy trustee's special counsel claimed Friday in court documents.

  6. June 16, 2021

    Girardi's Ex-Clients Go After His Wife In State Malpractice Suit

    Former clients of celebrity trial lawyer Thomas V. Girardi, along with the bankruptcy trustee liquidating the embattled attorney's personal property, have urged a California bankruptcy judge to lift a stay so the ex-clients can continue their collection pursuit against his estranged wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Girardi.

  7. June 15, 2021

    Erika Girardi's Atty Wants Out, Citing 'Breakdown' Of Trust

    "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Girardi's attorney wants to drop her as a client after a "fundamental and material breakdown in the relationship" between her and the firm, according to documents filed Tuesday in her husband's bankruptcy cases.

  8. June 08, 2021

    Girardi Firm Trustee Can Hire Atty To Chase Wife's Assets

    Girardi Keese's bankruptcy trustee can 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, a California federal judge ruled from the bench Tuesday.

  9. May 27, 2021

    LA Firm Says Girardi Keese Owes It $25M In Referral Fees

    Los Angeles plaintiffs firm Owen Patterson & Owen claims Girardi Keese owes it $25 million for unpaid referral fees on several mass tort cases, joining a long list of clients and co-counsel who say they've been ripped off by the scandal-plagued firm and its now-infamous founder, Thomas V. Girardi.

  10. May 26, 2021

    Bankrupt Girardi Firm Passes Off 86 Talc Cases Against J&J

    Girardi Keese has the green light to hand off 86 of its 178 clients in mass tort cases against Johnson & Johnson to California plaintiffs firm Robinson Calcagnie Inc., a California federal bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday, granting an unopposed request from the Chapter 7 trustee.