The newest addition to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is best known on the dance club scene. But her husband, Thomas Girardi, is a big name in the legal world.

Girardi, of Girardi Keese in Los Angeles, a personal injury attorney and former president of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, said joining the Bravo reality TV show’s season this fall is a good career move for his wife, singer Erika Jayne. But he doesn’t expect to make his own appearance—although some of the husbands have had guest spots.