Girardi Keese Partners Didn’t Tell Bar of Girardi Memory Issues

Girardi Keese partners for years were worried about indicted and disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi’s memory and told one of Girardi’s business associates, according to testimony Wednesday, though none reported those concerns to the State Bar of California.

The concerns dated back to 2017, said Richard Kraemer, who runs trial presentation business Executive Presentations Inc., on the third day of Girardi’s competency hearing, though those concerns were never officially reported to the State Bar. A probe showing how Girardi infiltrated and corrupted the State Bar published in March rocked public perception of the regulatory agency.

The hearing before Judge Josephine ...