Former Girardi Keese Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of

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David Lira, 62, who is Tom Girardi’s son-in-law, appeared virtually at a hearing in Chicago, where federal prosecutors indicted him Feb. 1 on charges of stealing $3 million from the families of airplane crash victims.

February 10, 2023 at 04:07 PM

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David Lira, who left Girardi Keese in mid-2020, now works at Los Angeles-based Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack.
Lira worked with Girardi on cases against Boeing over the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610, in which $2 million in settlement funds went missing.
In 2021, Lira faced an evidentiary hearing involving the missing Lion Air settlement funds, but a federal judge declined to sanction him.

An attorney for a former Girardi Keese partner pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on behalf of his client, accused of stealing $3 million from the families of airplane crash victims.

Tom Girardi’s son-in-law, David Lira, 62, appeared virtually at a hearing in Chicago after federal prosecutors indicted him Feb. 1 on charges of wire fraud and criminal contempt of court.

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Former Girardi Keese Partner Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Of