Legal Teams and Case Details
The trustees are represented by Larry W. Gabriel of Jenkins Mulligan & Gabriel LLP and Scott J. Bogucki of Gleichenhaus Marchese & Weishaar PC.
The case is titled Elisa D. Miller et al. v. Christopher Diamantis et al., Case No. 2:25-ap-01378, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, tied to the larger bankruptcy case In re Girardi Keese, Case No. 20-bk-21022.
Counsel for Diamantis has not yet been identified.
A Web of Deceit Unraveling
The Girardi Keese $3.2M Settlement suit is the latest chapter in the unraveling of Tom Girardi’s once-mighty empire — a story of betrayal, greed, and legal corruption that has rippled across the nation’s courts.
From courtroom to kitchen, the alleged diversion of funds from burn victims to restaurant ventures offers a grim metaphor for how far justice strayed in Girardi’s orbit.
What began as legal advocacy for the injured has now become a cautionary tale — where trust, power, and millions in settlement money vanished into smoke and fine dining.
