Tom Girardi took the stand for his cross-examination Thursday in his long-awaited criminal fraud trial -- despite being diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer's disease and dementia three years ago.

Girardi is in bankruptcy proceedings, as is the now-shuttered Wilshire Boulevard law firm that bore his name and that faces more than $500 million in claims. Originally Published: May 8, 2025 at 3 ...

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his ...

During nearly an hour on the witness stand, the now-disgraced Girardi denied stealing client funds, insisted he never took a salary from the firm and shifted blame onto his law firm's CFO.

Still, Girardi's defense attorneys opposed the 30-day period in federal custody, arguing that it was tantamount to incarceration. Deputy Federal Public Defender Samuel Cross asked the judge to ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. – Samuel Peter Cross, 75, of Los Angeles, California, passed away November 30, 2012, peacefully surrounded by family and friends.Born November 10, 1937 in Hampton, Virgini… ...

Girardi was taken by ambulance Wednesday morning from an Orange County nursing home, and he was admitted in the afternoon due to "liver dysfunction," according to a court filing from his attorneys.

CROSS, Samuel S. Samuel S. Cross, retired senior partner of the New York law firm, Kelley Drye & Warren, and head of their Stamford, office, died at the age of 86 on Thursday, (July 27, 2006), … ...