Girardi Conviction Only a Step Toward Preventing Similar Abuses, Some Say

Featuring Michael S. Weinstein

August 29, 2024

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“We have worked hard over the last few years to put backstops in place to ensure that this sort of abuse doesn’t happen again, but it will continue to take all of us moving forward to keep a diligent eye on justice and protecting Californians,” Sen. Thomas J. Umberg wrote in a statement.

Tom Girardi’s successful prosecution is only the beginning of a long process to restore trust with the public and legal profession and guard against more egregious cases of attorneys stealing their clients’ and co-counsel’s money.

Michael S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, said that under 18 U.S. Code 3553, the defense will likely argue there are several factors that should keep Girardi out of prison, “if that’s essentially a death sentence at his age, and things like that. They’re then going to try to not have him imprisoned during the period that they appeal.”

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