Erika Jayne Girardi, ex-wife of disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi, Monday filed motions to dismiss a racketeering lawsuit filed against the defunct Girardi Keese law firm and related parties by Chicago-based Edelson PC.
It’s the second time dismissal motions were filed since Edelson last summer sued Girardi Keese’s former partners and employees, litigation funders, and Erika Girardi. The Chicago firm was Girardi Keese’s local counsel in the lawsuit over the deadly Lion Air crash in the Indonesian Ocean.
Thomas Girardi is accused of stealing client and co-counsel funds to furnish a lavish lifestyle for himself and for his now estranged spouse, ...
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