State Bar & Bar Associations
Jun. 17, 2026
San Bruno victim testifies she was kept in dark about $28M settlement
Kathleen Rui Gomez told State Bar Court she spent years believing her family's PG&E settlement had not been paid, only to later discover the money had been deposited into Girardi Keese's trust account in 2013.
A victim of the 2010 San Bruno gas-line explosion testified Tuesday that she spent years believing her family's $28 million settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. had not yet been paid, only to later learn the money had been sitting in Girardi Keese's client trust account.
Kathleen Rui Gomez was the first witness called by State Bar prosecutors in the disciplinary trial of attorney Robert W. Finnerty, a longtime Girardi Keese lawyer accused of helping conceal the d...
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