Dec. 9, 2024
No sanction for attorney accused by Girardi's Secret Service acquaintance
Despite contentions from the former agent, Lorenzo Robert Savage III, that McLane Bednarski & Litt LLP partner David S. McClane included bad faith allegations against him based on a purported friendship with then-attorney Tom Girardi, the judge found McLane and his client had a reasonable basis to pursue the claims.
An attorney who accused a former U.S. Secret Service chief of taking a bribe from Tom Girardi in an effort to help his estranged wife, Erika, prosecute a fashion designer for credit card fraud will not be sanctioned for pursuing the case against the now-dismissed agent, a federal judge ruled.
"Defendant's disagreement with the inferences that plaintiff's counsel drew from the alleged facts are not reasonable grounds for concluding the [First Amended Complaint] is fact...
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