(Reuters) - A Los Angeles federal jury on Tuesday found disbarred California attorney Tom Girardi guilty of four counts of wire fraud after U.S. prosecutors accused him of stealing $15 million in settlement funds from clients, prosecutors said.
Girardi, 85, whose pollution case against a California utility inspired the Oscar-winning film "Erin Brockovich," was accused of deceiving his clients and pilfering from settlement funds they had obtained in personal injury cases.
