State Bar of California admits to making mistakes in handling Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Tom Girardi

Los Angeles Times

Girardi has been accused of stealing funds from legal settlements. In a rare admission, the State Bar of California revealed that an internal audit of the L.A. power broker’s file at the bar “revealed mistakes made in some investigations over the many decades of Mr. Girardi’s career going back some 40 years and spanning the tenure of many Chief Trial Counsels.” The audit conducted recently by an outside consultant “identified significant issues” in the “investigation and evaluation of high-dollar, high volume trust accounts,” the bar said. The state bar is currently trying to disbar Girardi, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease earlier this year.