![]() The day before, Miller sued Erika Girardi, a pop singer who has a starring role on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," claiming she received $97,200 from the law firm between 20 even though she was not an employee. An American Express spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ![]() On Tuesday, Miller sued two American Express subsidiaries, alleging that Girardi Keese fraudulently transferred more than $50.2 million to them between December 2013 and November 2020, one month before the firm was sued for stealing client funds.Īt least $9 million of those payments stemmed from "purchases that solely benefitted Thomas, Erika, and their family members and friends," and did not benefit the law firm, Miller said. A federal judge in Chicago said in November that Girardi, once a leading figure in the plaintiffs bar, was "running a Ponzi scheme with client money." That money included client funds, which Tom Girardi and Girardi Keese treated as their own piggy bank, Miller said. Since mid-December, Chapter 7 trustee Elissa Miller has filed more than 100 lawsuits alleging that Tom Girardi and Girardi Keese tried to dodge creditors by fraudulently transferring money out of the firm, including to his estranged wife, reality TV star Erika Jayne Girardi. ![]() Jan 11 - The bankruptcy trustee overseeing Tom Girardi's defunct law firm is seeking to recover millions of dollars that she claims Girardi fraudulently transferred to more than 100 people and businesses.
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