An internal audit concluded that California’s state bar “made mistakes” investigating complaints leveled against embattled plaintiffs attorney Tom Girardi going back decades, the bar said in a statement Thursday.

The audit, commissioned by interim Chief Trial Counsel Melanie Lawrence, “identified significant issues regarding the Office of Chief Trial Counsel’s investigation and evaluation of high-dollar, high-volume trust accounts,” the statement said.

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