Amanda Bronstad

Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.

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August 22, 2024 | The Recorder

'Every Client Got Every Penny': Tom Girardi Takes the Stand in His Criminal Trial

"Obviously, we didn't know about it. The firm was doing well, everything was great," Tom Girardi testified when asked about ex-Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon's alleged fraud. "He was pretty clever in stealing millions of dollars."

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

August 22, 2024 | The Recorder

Tom Girardi May Testify at His Own Criminal Trial, Lawyer Says

Most of Wednesday's testimony focused on Tom Girardi's defense that the former chief financial officer of Girardi Keese, Christopher Kamon, was stealing millions from the firm to fund a lifestyle of exotic trips, expensive cars and paid girlfriends.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 21, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Tom Girardi's Secretaries, Housekeeper and Neurologist Testify at Criminal Trial; Could 3rd Circuit's Preemption Ruling Put Monsanto's Roundup Before SCOTUS?

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 21, 2024 | The Recorder

Girardi Keese CFO's Ex Tells Jurors: Firm Funds Paid for My Trips, Home, Allowance

Nicole Rokita, ex-girlfriend of former Girardi Keese CFO Christopher Kamon, is one of two witnesses that Tom Girardi's lawyers insisted were critical to their case.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 20, 2024 | The Recorder

'He Is a Very Lonely Soul': Tom Girardi's Longtime Secretary, Housekeeper Take the Stand

'He couldn't remember a lot of things,' Tom Girardi's former housekeeper, Isabella Mancilla, testified on Monday. 'The only thing he wanted to do was go to his office.'

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 16, 2024 | The Recorder

Forged Checks, Letters to Joe Biden: Tom Girardi's Lawyers Go on the Offense

On Thursday, Tom Girardi's public defender, cross-examining an IRS special agent, brought up missing pieces of the government's criminal investigation against his client.

By Amanda Bronstad

6 minute read

August 16, 2024 | Law.com

Dean Omar Scores 3rd Talc Verdict With $63.4M Against Johnson & Johnson

The verdict is the third win for Dean Omar Branham Shirley, the Dallas plaintiffs firm that won jury awards earlier this year against Johnson & Johnson of $260 million and $45 million in Oregon and Illinois, respectively.

By Amanda Bronstad

3 minute read

August 15, 2024 | The Recorder

Client Fought for Son's Settlement as Girardi Keese Paid for Private Jets, Luxury Cars

In one of the more dramatic moments of the Tom Girardi criminal trial, ex-client Erika Saldana broke down in tears recalling her fight to get $1 million in settlement funds less than a year before her ill son died.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

August 14, 2024 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Former Clients, Employees, Testify in Tom Girardi Trial; South Carolina Talc Trial Wraps Up This Week

Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. This week: Federal prosecutors in…

By Amanda Bronstad

7 minute read

August 14, 2024 | The Recorder

'I Didn't See Anything Wrong With It': Ex-Accountant Gives Glimpse of Girardi Keese's Finances

On the fifth day of a criminal trial against Tom Girardi, ex-Girardi Keese accounting employee Norina Rouillard was asked on cross-examination about a "secret" bank account in San Bernardino, California.

By Amanda Bronstad

5 minute read

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