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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation

Oct. 21, 2022

State Bar wants to force ex-employees to cooperate with Girardi investigation

Halpern May Ybarra Gelberg was hired to do an outside investigation into the bar’s handling of complaints about plaintiffs’ lawyer Tom Girardi, who has been disbarred amid accusations he stole money from clients. Two former employees won’t cooperate, the bar said.

The State Bar is seeking to force two former employees to cooperate with subpoenas for an investigation into the agency’s handling of former plaintiffs’ attorney Thomas V. Girardi.

“This is part of a confidential investigation, so we cannot get into the specifics other than to say we believe these witnesses have information that can inform the investigation, and that is why we are seeking their compliance with our subpoenas,” Rick Coca, a...

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