As star ex-husband Tom Giradi has been from his clients, we're taking a closer look at his total net worth. On Monday, August 27 the 85-year-old former lawyer was convicted of running a 10-year-long Ponzi scheme and embezzling tens of millions of dollars of settlement funds from his clients. The California-based attorney was also found guilty on four counts of wire fraud, according to reports by .
The plaintiffs in the case also sued his ex-wife Erika for aiding and abetting Tom but the judge determined she did not know about the alleged crimes. And as Tom has been entangled in his ongoing legal battle that could land him up to 20 years in prison, we're taking a look at his staggering total net worth after over a decade as a practicing lawyer. According to , Tom had a total estimated net worth of around $264 million at the height of his career.
But after his extensive legal woes, Tom is now estimated to have between $100,000 to a speculated $2 million, according to reports by . According to a report in the LA Times, in a loan application Tom shared this estimated net worth and a breakdown of his assets during the peak of his legal career. The filing listed that Tom was the owner of two private planes, $9 million worth of jewelry, $3 million worth of antiques, and a residence in Pasadena worth north of $10 million.
He also estimated that his law firms 2016 legal fees would top $110 million. After generating his massive fortune, Tom was later met with a string of lawsuits that .