Government,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Oct. 16, 2023
It is time to restore confidence in the State Bar
Like most lawyers, I have spent much of the last few years in shock as investigative journalists have, bit by bit, unraveled Tom Girardi’s interconnected web of corruption and influence. As Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, it has been a core responsibility of my tenure to right these wrongs, hold people accountable, and work to restore the faith of lawyers and the public alike in California’s legal profession.
Thomas J. Umberg
Senator Thomas J. Umberg is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and represents Senate District 34. Umberg is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, former federal prosecutor and small businessman.
Near the end of 2020, the legal career of prominent trial attorney Thomas Girardi imploded after a federal judge accused him of stealing at least $2 million from his clients – widows and orphans – whose family members died in the Boeing 737-MAX plane crash in Indonesia. This was but the tip of the iceberg as to the serious and repeated allegations of misconduct against Thomas Girardi. It also began an examination as to why the State Bar, having received over two hund...
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