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<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/onetime-high-flying-lawyer-girardi-indicted-on-client-theft/"></div>LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, once celebrated for winning massive settlements, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges he stole more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The charges are the latest legal blow to a once-powerful player who r...

Disgraced former celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been indicted by federal grand juries in LA and Chicago on charges of stealing more than $18 million from...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disgraced ex-lawyer Tom Girardi, once celebrated for winning massive settlements, has been indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges he stole more than $18 million from clients, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

The charges are the latest legal blow to a once-powerful player who rubbed elbows with politicians and celebrities.

Tom Girardi, who was part of the legal team representing the environmental activist Erin Brockovich, was indicted in two states on charges that he stole from clients, prosecutors said.

A former lawyer, who had previously donated large amounts of money to Democrats and hosted a fundraiser for President Joe Biden, has been indicted for allegedly embezzling more $18 million on Wednesday.

U.S. prosecutors in Chicago said Girardi, his attorney son-in-law and their firm’s chief financial officer took funds for five clients who reached settlements with Boeing, the makers of the 737 Max operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air that crashed into the Java Sea on Oct. 29, 2018 and killed 189 people.

Tom Girardi has been indicted in Chicago on charges of stealing $3 million from clients who lost family members in the 2018 Lion Air crash.

Disgraced former celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been indicted by federal grand juries in LA and Chicago on charges of stealing more than $18 million from...

Disbarred lawyer accused of stealing from crash victims' families