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Tom Girardi's son-in-law pleads guilty in Chicago case, lawyer says https://t.co/5DGZ8uRh6p
Tom Girardi's son-in-law pled guilty to criminal contempt, admitting he knew the once-celebrated lawyer failed to pay millions of dollars in plane crash settlement funds they had been ordered to distribute to their clients "as soon as practical." https://t.co/A2ZrTrrFWa
Former Girardi Keese partner David Lira, son-in-law to Tom Girardi, pleaded guilty today on charges relating to the firm's clients in the Lion Air crash of 2018. https://t.co/zEbrknfOLl
David Lira, a former partner at the law firm Girardi Keese and son-in-law of Tom Girardi, pleaded guilty on June 5, 2025, to criminal contempt charges related to the firm's failure to distribute millions of dollars in settlement funds to victims of the 2018 Lion Air plane crash. Lira admitted he was aware that the firm, once led by the prominent attorney Tom Girardi, did not pay the settlement money to clients as ordered by the court to be done "as soon as practical." The guilty plea was entered in a Chicago case addressing these issues.
