Who is Tom Girardi and whats his net worth?
LAWYER Tom Girardi is best known for his former marriage to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Erika Jayne. A new documentary has examined Girardi's questionable legal practices and the inner workings of his career at the time he was an attorney in Los Angeles. Tom Girardi is an American attorney. The 82-year-old is known for being a highly-successful consumer lawyer in California at his firm, Girardi & Keese. The high-powered attorney has won billions of dollars in judgements for his clients, taking on malpractice cases. One of the firm's most famous cases was against Pacific Gas & Electric, winning $333 million for 650 residents in Hinkley, California. The case was the inspiration for the movie Erin Brockovich. He was also the first attorney to win more than a $1 million award for a medical malpractice case in the state of California in 1970. Girardi pioneered the practice of taking on big cases on contingency - when clients didn't pay any cash up front - and in return would keep 25 to 40 percent of the final judgement amount. He graduated from Loyola Marymount University, Loyola Law School, and New York University. Erika Jayne, 49, is an American singer, reality TV star, and actress. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, she starred in NBC's legal drama series Law & Order. She joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2015 for the show's sixth season. In 2019, she announced she was playing Roxie Hart in the musical Chicago on Broadway. Jayne and Girardi, who were married for 21 years, went through a tumultuous public divorce in November, 2020, citing irreconcilable differences for the split. The couple first began dating in the 1990s. At the time, he was the co-owner of the bar and restaurant where she was working as a server. Jayne and Girardi got married in 2000. At the time, Girardi was still in the midst of a settlement with his first wife, Erika Chahoy, about communal assets. 3 Erika Jayne joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2015 for the show's sixth season Credit: Getty  Despite these issues, the couple were worth $264 million when they joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in 2015. They were shown living in a $13 million mansion. The new documentary - titled The Housewife and the Hustler - has now revealed the trials and tribulations of Girardi's legal career and his wife's over-the-top spending habits. The doc also examines Erika's extremely lavish lifestyle. Girardi has a net worth of $100,000, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2015, the American attorney had an estimated net worth of $264 million. During a court case in 2020, Girardi claimed he was worth $50 to $80 million. It's not clear how many children Girardi has with his first and second wives. But Jayne opened up about life as a stepmom to Girardi's adult children in a Real Housewives episode in August, 2020. Exclusive FIRST PHOTOS Wendy Williams' ex's 'love child' revealed as he steps out with 'mistress'  "We always go to Tom's daughter's house for Thanksgiving," she said. In an interview featured in the episode, she said: "I got very lucky that Tom has really nice kids... and I'm their age." Jayne also shares adult son Tommy with her ex-husband Thomas Zizzo.