California Bar Willing to Reveal Redacted Names in Girardi Probe

The California State Bar said Monday that it’s willing to make public the names of two of its former employees in connection with the investigation into disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi, provided they give it permission to do so, in settlement of a Los Angeles Times lawsuit.

The accord, which itself is subject to California Supreme Court approval, would end the paper’s lawsuit seeking public disclosure of documents related to the disciplinary probe of the once-celebrated plaintiffs’ attorney.

The bar will also pay the newspaper $138,000, in partial reimbursement of its attorneys’ fees.

The LA Times’ suit argued ...