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Harriet Ryan

Los Angeles

Writer and Reporter at Los Angeles Times

@latimes Investigative reporter [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | latimes.com | Harriet Ryan

    A Westside lawyer, who used the promise of criminal justice reform to sign up thousands of inmate clients, has agreed to be disbarred for misleading prisoners and their families about their chances for release. With a filing in State Bar Court Tuesday, Aaron Spolin pleaded no contest to misconduct involving eight clients, all current or former California prisoners, and consented to the stripping of his law license.

  • 3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Matt Hamilton |Harriet Ryan

    Days after a judge sentenced legal titan Tom Girardi to seven years in prison for stealing from clients, his son-in-law — formerly a high-ranking attorney at his now-defunct firm — pleaded guilty to a federal charge in Illinois. David Lira, 65, of Pasadena, admitted Thursday to one count of contempt of court for defying a Chicago judge’s order concerning the distribution of settlement funds to clients whose relatives had perished in a 2018 Indonesian plane crash.

  • 3 weeks ago | malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Matt Hamilton |Harriet Ryan

    Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan5 June 2025 at 2:48 pm·3-min readDavid Lira admitted Thursday to one count of contempt of court for defying a Chicago judge's order concerning the distribution of settlement funds to clients whose relatives had perished in a 2018 Indonesian plane crash.

  • 3 weeks ago | gazettextra.com | Harriet Ryan

    LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation's most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi had used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of "private jets and country clubs" for himself and his wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne.

  • 3 weeks ago | thederrick.com | Harriet Ryan

    LOS ANGELES — A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation's most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi had used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of "private jets and country clubs" for himself and his wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne.

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Harriet Ryan @latimesharriet
4 Jun 25

RT @lacatholics: For one of our former #NewLApriests, being a hospital chaplain was a calling for him: “...being an effective chaplain was…

Harriet Ryan
Harriet Ryan @latimesharriet
4 Jun 25

Tom Girardi's spectacular fall from grace concluded today -- his 86th birhday -- with a 7-year prison sentence. https://t.co/ENpkfT6Vu8

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Harriet Ryan @latimesharriet
2 Jun 25

RT @NarroVictor: Beautifully written story about life and redemption by @latimesharriet W/photos by @therealchouse A gang bullet cut him…