tom girardi, the disgraced hollywood lawyer famous for winning a record settlement in the erin brockovich case, convicted of embezzling millions from his clients who were victimized by big corporations. this while he and his wife, real housewives star erika jayne, enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with private jets, country clubs and a yacht named the illegal. here's nightline co-anchor juju chang. >> mr. girardi, what is your reaction to the verdict after years of waiting, the verdict is finally here. >> in the saga of tom girardi, the estranged husband of real housewives star erika jayne. >> i cried when i heard the verdict. it was a guilty verdict on all four counts. i'm elated. >> i'm joyful for that. >> i expected no other verdict, but i still got chills when it happened. >> this case is really the most staggering legal scandal i think we've ever seen. and we're not done. >> the one time legal titan now convicted felon not saying much as he left the courtroom. >> do you have any comment on the verdict, sir? any comments at all? >> he was a perpetrator of injustice, victimizing his own clien

tonight, and the once legendary lawyer tom girardi, who partnered with erin brockovich, has now been convicted tonight of embezzling millions from his own clients. here's our chief national correspondent matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, once legendary lawyer tom girardi, famous for winning that record settlement in the erin brockovich case, now found guilty of embezzling more than $15 million from clients, settlement money stolen from the victims he represented. >> he was a perpetrator of injustice, victimizing his own clients when they were most vulnerable and most in need. >> reporter: the 85-year-old convicted on four counts of wire fraud. prosecutors stating that instead of paying clients, the lawyer used that settlement money to fund his lavish lifestyle, from private jets and country clubs -- >> welcome to my home, come on in. >> reporter: to the career of his now estranged wife and "real housewives of beverly hills" star erika girardi. >> i'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle -- and cash. >> reporter: during the trial, girardi's public defenders placing the blame on his law firm

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. >> once legendary lawyer tom girardi, famous for winning that record settlement in the erin brockovich case. now found guilty of embezzling more than $15 million from clients. settlement money stolen from the victims he represented. >> he was a perpetrator of injustice, victimizing his own clients when they were most vulnerable and most in need. >> the 85 year old, convicted on four counts of wire fraud. prosecutors stating that instead of paying clients, the lawyer used that settlement money to fund his lavish lifestyle from private jets and country clubs. welcome to my home. come on in. to the career of his now estranged wife and real housewives of beverly hills star erika girardi. >> i'm an enigma wrapped in a riddle and cash. >> during the trial, girardi's public defenders placing the blame on his law firm cfo, arguing that girardi was experiencing mental decline and dementia. but last year, a judge finding him fit to stand trial. many of girardi's victims relieved. >> it's not really a happy moment. how could it be happy to know that for 40 years, this man walked on people in thei

attorneys say girardi leveraged his fame as the lawyer who won the erin brockovich case to assure clientst he was on their side. >> i think people who know this case know the gomezs. that's why they're first up. so dramatic, physical injuries that are very apparent. i think it's important to put a face and a pain behind that to the jurors. >> the jury may only hear about four cases, because those are the cases that are going to be tried. but tom has a trail of tears of victims that go back decades. >> juju: kimberly archie is a close family friend of the gomezs. she worked with girardi as an expert in sports injuries. >> i don't know who's been more gaslit in the last 20 years than girardi's victims but they definitely have been through a lot. i would hate to see the system let them down again. >> juju: many of girardi's former clients and people who feel wronged by the attorney also showed up at court today. even though their allegations aren't on trial. for them, this feels like the only opportunity to hold girardi accountable. >> justice, to me, is an idea. and it's only as good ar the

erin brockovich. girardi faces up to 80 years in prison when he is sentenced in december. >> the man accused of killing hip hop icon tupac shakur will remain in jail. a judge in las vegas again denied bail to dwayne davis, saying she suspects there is a cover up related to the source of funds for his $750,000 bond. the judge has said it appears the music executive, who put up the money may be trying to profit from davis's story, and that the executive may be acting as a middleman for another unnamed person. davis has pleaded not guilty to the shooting. 27 years ago. his trial is scheduled to begin november 4th. >> and in the state of idaho, strong, gusty winds challenging firefighters who are still battling a big one there in that state. the wapiti fire is burning northeast of boise in the boise national forest and sawtooth national forest. it started late last month with a lightning strike, but has now grown to more than 70,000 acres. and tonight still zero containment. evacuations are underway also

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i mean, things were looking good for barack obama, but they really started to look good for brockovich when you, when you woke up this morning and saw this business with the markets, what did you think? >> well, i think that was a housing market collapsing that was something deeply structural in the economy that's not what this is. this is an overheated stock market on that day when became was up by five points. we learned for the first time, at least i did what a credit default swap was and that's not what the issue is right now economy is strong. the biden-harris economy is strong yeah. alright, steve, we'll be watching it. good to talk to you. thanks a lot. >> good to talk to you jim. >> all right. let's bring in democratic congressman ami baraa of california. let's continue with this discussion on the markets. i mean it is not a good look right now. it's only down about two two-and-a-half percent. i mean, that is not panic territory. julia chatterley, we're saying at the beginning of this program that is cause for concern. a question about it. what's your reaction to what's happeni