Less than three weeks after Dinsmore & Shohl dropped Erika Jayne Girardi as a client and then quickly reversed course, the firm is stepping aside for a Southern California litigator to take over as the reality star's lead lawyer.
, the firm is stepping aside for a Southern California litigator to take over as the reality star's lead lawyer.in Los Angeles bankruptcy court on Tuesday, stating he was taking over as Girardi's attorney of record from Dinsmore and its Los Angeles managing partner, Peter Mastan.
Borges' law firm profile bills him as a "trial attorney with more than 28 years of experience in complex business litigation matters," including bankruptcy litigation. Prior to joining Greenberg Gross in 2015, he practiced at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Irell & Manella. The substitution notices did not give a reason for the change. Neither Borges, Mastan nor a spokesman for Dinsmore responded to requests for comment.
Attorneys for the Chapter 7 trustees have begun to probe whether Tom Girardi and his shuttered law firm, Girardi Keese, fraudulently transferred assets to his estranged wife.