Tom Girardi arrives at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday, August 26, 2024. Photo: Amanda Bronstad/ALM Girardi's Lawyers Move for New Trial: He Doesn't Remember Jury's Verdict
Tom Girardi's lawyers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss his conviction because he wasn't competent enough to understand his own criminal trial.
October 09, 2024 at 06:29 PM
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What You Need to Know
- On Aug. 27, a jury convicted Girardi of four counts of wire fraud after three weeks of trial.
- The former Girardi Keese CFO, Christopher Kamon, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two counts of wire fraud and agreed to pay $3.1 million to victims.
- A caretaker who drove Girardi to trial each day filed a declaration stating, 'He does not appear to have any memory of the jury's verdict or the trial at all.'
Tom Girardi's lawyers asked a federal judge to toss his conviction because he wasn't competent enough to understand his own criminal trial.
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