Tom Girardi and his wife Erika Jayne during the episode “Horsing Around” of the Bravo television show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which aired on Dec. 15, 2015. Photo: Bravo
Arizona lender Stillwell Madison claims that its dispute with prominent Los Angeles plaintiffs lawyer Thomas Girardi should play out in court rather than arbitration.
Stillwell Madison, represented by counsel at DLA Piper, sued Girardi, his law firm Girard Keese, and his wife, Real Housewives of Beverley Hills cast member Erika Jayne, in Arizona federal court in May claiming that the lender had been fraudulently misled to grant a forbearance of $3,454,804 on a loan of more than $5 million to the law firm. The lender claims Girardi failed to disclose that he and the firm had defaulted on a loan from a separate lender at the time of the forbearance.
