The State Bar of California on Thursday released 40 years of disciplinary records for the now-disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi, admitting that its handling of those matters revealed “serious failures” in its system of discipline.
The agency said it opened a total of 205 disciplinary matters on Girardi over four decades, and that 120 of them involved alleged client trust account violations. At least 69 of those complaints were submitted on or after Dec. 18, 2020, when a petition was filed to force his Girardi Keese firm into bankruptcy, according to the bar’s announcement.
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