Girardi, 86, leaving court after his sentencing in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Meghann M. Cuniff / BACKGRID A court sketch of the disgraced attorney as he was sentenced in a Los Angeles federal court.

“Mr. Lira continually asked Mr. Girardi to pay these clients their rightful settlement money pursuant to the court order, however Girardi did not,” Cheronis said in a statement.

Tom Girardi sentenced to 7 years in prison on four counts of wire fraud. The judge refused to let him serve his term in a nursing home as his lawyers requested.

Tom Girardi exits the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, at 350 W. 1st St., in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Photo: Amanda Bronstad/ALM Tom Girardi, the ...

Joe Ruigomez, a former client of Girardi’s who suffered severe burns in a 2010 gas line explosion, spoke to the court. Girardi represented Ruigomez and his family in a lawsuit against PG&E ...

Tom Girardi, estranged husband of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne, has received his prison sentence for stealing millions of dollars from his clients. The 86-year-old ...

David Lira, the son-in-law of convicted California attorney Tom Girardi and a former member of Girardi's now-defunct law firm, pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal contempt in connection with ...

Disbarred attorney Tom Girardi, whose pollution case against a California utility inspired an Oscar-winning film, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Tuesday for stealing $15 ...

Disgraced lawyer Tom Girardi gets 7 years in federal prison at age 86 for stealing from clients to fund luxury lifestyle and Erika Jayne’s career.

Since joining the paper in 2008, she has written about high-profile people, including Phil Spector, Michael Jackson and Tom Girardi, and institutions, including USC, the State Bar of California ...