The Latest Breaking News from Tom Girardi

LOS ANGELES — Tom Girardi, the once-vaunted Los Angeles trial attorney, was indicted by federal grand juries in two states on fraud charges amid allegations of swindling millions of dollars from injured and wounded clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES — The head of the FBI's Los Angeles field office has formally recused himself from the ongoing federal investigation into fraud and corruption by Tom Girardi and others at his now-defunct law firm, an agency spokesperson confirmed Saturday.

LOS ANGELES — The State Bar of California received 205 complaints against Los Angeles legal legend Tom Girardi alleging he misappropriated settlement money, abandoned clients and committed other serious ethical violations over the course of his four-decade career, the agency disclosed Thursday in response to a lawsuit brought by The…

LOS ANGELES — When a blue-ribbon commission met in 2015 to improve attorney ethics rules in California, a federal prosecutor named George Cardona was tasked with researching a proposed rule requiring lawyers to report misconduct by peers.

With her signature shaggy hair, cosmetically enhanced lips and willingness to "own it, baby!," Lisa Rinna was for years a fan favorite on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," the long-running reality soap that is one of Bravo's most-watched programs.

The State Bar of California said Tuesday that it is investigating one of California’s best known celebrity lawyers in connection with the spending of money in the United States and France from a multimillion-dollar insurance settlement related to the Armenian Genocide

LOS ANGELES — The State Bar of California, under scrutiny for long-standing failures in protecting the public from Tom Girardi and other unscrupulous lawyers, this week gave its executive director a raise of nearly $43,000.

US law firm takes rare step of compensating families after California lawyer fails to hand over settlement money.

LOS ANGELES — In the wake of its mishandling of decades of complaints against attorney Tom Girardi and revelations about weak policing of California lawyers, the State Bar made a surprisingly aggressive move this week: filing formal disciplinary charges against the agency’s own former executive director.

LOS ANGELES — If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then Erika “Jayne” Girardi just lost a pair of pals worth $750,000.

LOS ANGELES — Last season, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” delivered one of its most gripping storylines in years, thanks to the scandal engulfing cast member Erika Girardi and her estranged husband, Tom Girardi, a once-celebrated trial attorney accused of stealing millions from the clients he represented.