USA v. Girardi
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2:23-cr-00047
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.