Disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi was found guilty of taking millions of dollars

disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom gerardi was found guilty of taking millions of dollars from his clients Tom gerardi a once prominent lawyer has been convicted of embezzling Millions from clients including those with serious injuries gerardi who was featured on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud after a 13-day trial in Los Angeles the jury reached their verdict in less than a day of deliberation prosecutors emphasize that gerardi falsely presented himself as a champion of Justice to attract the inoc describing him as a Robin Hood in Reverse defense lawyers attributed the thefts on his firm's CFO suggesting that gerardi was just a figurehead with a valuable name prosecutors claimed gerardi exaggerated his Alzheimer's symptoms to avoid trial but a judge ruled that he was competent to stand trialing up to 80 years in prison