A federal judge in Phoenix has denied an early attempt by Thomas Girardi to knock out a lawsuit brought by litigation funder Stillwell Madison, which sued Girardi, his firm and his wife last year claiming the prominent plaintiffs misled the funder to grant a forbearance of $3,454,804 on a loan of more than $5 million to Girardi’s law firm last year.

Stillwell Madison filed suit with counsel from DLA Piper last year claiming that Girardi failed to disclose that he and the firm had defaulted on a loan from a separate lender at the time of the forbearance. Girardi’s lawyers asked to dismiss the case calling it a “publicity stunt” aimed at capitalizing on media attention surrounding his wife Erika Jayne’s role on the reality television show “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” They also claimed the dispute was subject to arbitration.

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