Tom's federal public defender, Samuel Cross, appeared to demonstrate what his legal team has been citing as a reason for the case to be thrown out — Girardi's steep cognitive decline.

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his ...

Samuel Cross, deputy federal public defender, invited the five women and seven men on the jury to see Girardi as a once-mighty lawyer whose later years were marred by progressive dementia ...

Girardi’s estranged actress wife filed for divorce in November 2020 after a 21-year marriage. Following the split, the couple listed their Pasadena home for sale at a price of $13 million.

Cross said Girardi has no short-term memory to speak of. He described Girardi’s mind as “frozen in amber 30 years ago” when he was a successful lawyer residing in a palatial Pasadena mansion.

Girardi’s lawyer, Samuel Cross, then asked him about his former longtime assistant, Shirleen Fujimoto, testifying earlier in the week, and he reportedly answered, “No, I didn’t see that.” ...

Tom Girardi exits the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, at 350 W. 1st St., in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Photo: Amanda Bronstad/ALM Tom Girardi, the ...

Their last witness was Girardi himself, and one of his lawyers, Samuel Cross, seemed to test his client’s mental acuity for jurors, asking him if his law firm was still open, to which he ...

Public defender Samuel Cross asked Bravo if Kamon told him to make fake invoices that Girardi Keese would then pay with checks, each for thousands of dollars. "Oh yeah, many, many, many," he said.

Girardi's lawyer, Samuel Cross, did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles declined to comment.

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