After Tom Girardi's son-in-law persuaded a judge to delay disciplinary proceedings against him, the State Bar of California is taking the rare step of trying to suspend the Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack LLP attorney's law license without a trial or state Supreme Court order, according to a new case filed this month.
Girardi Gained Their Trust, But Left Them With Regret By By
Brandon Lowrey & Ryan Boysen Law360 (January 19, 2021, 4:28 PM EST) In an airy conference room overlooking downtown San Francisco, celebrity trial lawyer Thomas V. Girardi looked into Kathy Ruigomez s sleepless eyes and told her everything was going to be all right.
Nobody had said that to Ruigomez in the month since a natural gas pipeline explosion incinerated her home and left her 19-year-old son, Joe Ruigomez, burned and comatose. The September 2010 blast killed eight people, including Joe s girlfriend, sending flames high into the sky above their San Bruno, California, neighborhood.