Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 9, 2021
Ex-Girardi Keese lawyers blame boss for missing payments
Despite his decades of experience and $450,000 annual salary, Keith D. Griffin portrayed himself as a well-meaning attorney who feared Thomas V. Girardi but kept urging his boss to pay the clients until he finally quit in November 2020.
Two former Girardi Keese attorneys faced a host of skeptical questions from a Chicago federal judge Wednesday during a hearing to consider whether to hold them in contempt.
The two Los Angeles area attorneys, Keith D. Griffin and David R. Lira, worked for decades for Thomas V. Girardi, the now suspended plaintiffs’ attorney who won major verdicts over the years but has gone into bankruptcy after failing to pay clients.
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