Who Forgot to Show Up? Inside the Legal Fumble That Could Cost Erika Jayne Millions
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Who Forgot to Show Up? Inside the Legal Fumble That Could Cost Erika Jayne Millions

ByJeff Phillips Exhibit (A)-List Editor-in-Chief

Woody Allen once said, “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” On March 20, 2025, Tampa attorney Jim Wilkes failed that test. He didn’t show up. Big time. He was a no-call, no-show for a court hearing to defend his client, Erika Girardi, the subject of a multi-million dollar defamation suit in a Miami….

Headshots of Erika Jayne Girardi and Jim Wilkes
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Did Another Geriatric Attorney Steal Money to Fund Erika Jayne’s Lifestyle?

ByJeff Phillips Exhibit (A)-List Editor-in-Chief

Plato gets credit for the notion that art imitates real life. If the Greek philosopher could drop in 2,300 years or so after he did his thinking, he might dial up Erika Jayne’s song “XXPEN$IVE” on his iTunes account to make his point. In it, the artist legally known as Erika Girardi sings, “It’s expensive…