When lawyers fail to properly and ethically serve their clients, the State Bar of California must be the backstop to protect the public.
But when the State Bar fails in that role, the results can be disastrous. The State Bar did indeed fail – and badly – in policing one of its most prominent licensees, Thomas Girardi.
Girardi was disbarred in 2022 on multiple charges of misappropriating millions of dollars. L...
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