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Girardi & Keese or Girardi Keese was a Los Angeles law firm headquartered on Wilshire Boulevard.It was founded in 1965 by lawyers Thomas Girardi and Robert Keese. [1] [2] It was known for representing plaintiffs against major corporations, including Merck, Boeing and Pacific Gas & Electric. [1]
Thomas Vincent Girardi (born June 3, 1939) is a former attorney and co-founder of the now-defunct Girardi & Keese, [1] a downtown Los Angeles law firm. He was disbarred in 2022 after accusations of defrauding clients. [2]
Peruzzi capital had been amassed in the textile business that was the main engine of Florence's prosperity. English wool finished as high-quality cloth in Bruges was bought by Peruzzi fattori and distributed to the luxurious courts of Paris, Avignon or returned to London.
Thomas Girardi, J.D. 1964, disbarred attorney and co-founder of the now-defunct Girardi & Keese; Charles Harder, J.D. 1996, lawyer at the law firm Harder LLP; Irving A. Kanarek, aerospace engineer and defense attorney for Charles Manson; Melanie Lomax, Civil Rights lawyer and former head of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners
The House of Bardi was an influential Florentine family that started the powerful banking company Compagnia dei Bardi.In the 14th century the Bardis lent Edward III of England 900,000 gold florins, a debt which he failed to repay along with 600,000 florins borrowed from the Peruzzi family, leading to the collapse of both families' banks.
However, Villani was not an independent source; his brother was a member of the Peruzzi company that also went bankrupt. [3] Villanni said that Edward owed the Bardi 900,000 gold florins (£135,000) and the Peruzzi 600,000 (£90,000). [4] However, the Peruzzi's records show that they never had that much capital to lend Edward III.
Jacoby & Meyers is an American law firm established as a partnership by Leonard Jacoby and Stephen Meyers (1943–1996) that used an extensive advertising campaign to build exposure and awareness of the firm, growing from a single storefront to as many as 150 offices in Arizona, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
The firm was established in 1986 [6] [7] by John B. Quinn, Eric Emanuel, David Quinto, and Phyllis Kupferstein, with the purpose of being a litigation-only firm.In 1988, A. William "Bill" Urquhart decided to join the two-year-old firm, which became Quinn Emanuel & Urquhart, [8] and soon later Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Oliver with the addition of Dale Hugh Oliver. [9]