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Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 10, 2021
Girardi son-in-law describes final shouting match
“I said he has committed professional suicide by his handling of these cases, that it wasn’t his money and that everything he worked for was in jeopardy,” David Lira said under questioning from his attorney, Edith R. Matthai, a partner with Robie & Matthai. If Girardi didn’t have the money, “there were so many rich people who would help you out,” Lira said he told his father-in-law.
Former Girardi Keese attorney David R. Lira testified Thursday that his final long and loud showdown with his father-in-law, plaintiffs’ attorney Thomas V. Girardi, concerned failure to pay clients.
During a hearing in Chicago federal court to decide whether he should be held in contempt for his role in the failure to pay clients their settlement money over a deadly plane crash in Indonesia, Lira lashed out at Girardi.
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