Edelson Sues Girardi Firm Alleging $100 Million Fraud Plot (3)

The now-defunct Girardi & Keese law firm operated a continuing criminal enterprise that stole more than $100 million from its clients, co-counsel, vendors, “and many others unfortunate enough to do business with the firm,” the Edelson PC law firm said in a federal lawsuit.

Girardi & Keese allegedly siphoned off settlement payments to family members of plane-crash victims, women who developed breast cancer after taking hormone replacement therapy, and others who hired the plaintiffs’ firm, according to the lawsuit, filed late Wednesday. Instead of turning over awards to clients, millions of dollars went to fund lavish lifestyles of Thomas ...