Girardi Keese is a Los Angeles-based plaintiffs' law firm founded by Thomas V. Girardi and headquartered at 1126 Wilshire Boulevard. Operating for over four decades as a California general partnership, the firm was one of the state's most prominent litigation practices, representing clients in toxic tort, aviation disaster, and consumer fraud cases against major corporations on a contingency fee basis. The firm gained national renown for its role in the PG&E groundwater contamination litigation depicted in the film Erin Brockovich.