Disbarred and disgraced celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi, who once played a supporting role on “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” has been indicted in Chicago on charges of stealing $3 million from clients who lost family members in the 2018 Lion Air crash.
has been indicted in Chicago on charges of stealing $3 million from clients who lost family members in the 2018 Lion Air crash.
“The substantial misappropriation alleged in this indictment compounded the grief and anguish of the clients who lost loved ones in the Lion Air crash,” said John Lausch, the U.S. attorney for the northern district of Illinois. “Attorneys who violate the trust of their clients and breach a fiduciary duty that is paramount to the practice of law must be held accountable.
“The real story is one that seems like a tale out of a John Grisham novel: Girardi Keese was little more than a criminal enterprise, disguised as a law firm,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by Edelson, the Chicago law firm. “Indeed, the Girardi Keese firm operated what we now know was the largest criminal racketeering enterprise in the history of plaintiffs’ law.”
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