Litigation & Arbitration
Mar. 27, 2024
Girardi’s wire fraud trial delayed to allow defense more time to prepare
The trial in Los Angeles has been pushed back to Aug. 6 and Girardi’s defense counsel has been granted additional time to review discovery, conduct legal research and bring new team members up to speed.
A federal judge pushed back Tom Girardi’s wire fraud trial in Los Angeles to Aug. 6 and granted his mostly new defense counsel additional time to review discovery and complete additional legal research for the case.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton ordered the continuance based on a joint stipulation filed last week by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ali Moghaddas and Federal Public Defender J. Alejandro Barrientos. Defenders Cha...