USA v. Girardi

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Case Number:

2:23-cr-00047

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Josephine L. Staton

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  1. 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.

  2. 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."

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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."

  10. 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.