Girardi Keese Lawyers Discussed Moving Cases as Firm Collapsed

Aug. 20, 2024, 8:55 PM UTC

Girardi Keese lawyers met as the firm was collapsing in December 2020 — likely behind Thomas Girardi’s back — to discuss moving lawyers and cases to another Los Angeles-based personal injury law firm, Girardi’s longtime secretary testified on Tuesday.

Shirleen Fujimoto, who worked as Girardi’s secretary for more than two decades, said she wasn’t aware of a move to transition the firm’s ownership near the end of 2020, but “there was something brewing” with the ACTS Law firm, also known as Abir Cohen Treyzon Salo LLP.

Prosecutors rested their case against Girardi Monday and witnesses for his defense are now ...

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