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State Bar & Bar Associations

Nov. 27, 2023

Girardi son-in-law seeks to abate involuntary suspension

David R. Lira’s attorney, Kathleen M. Ewins of Long & Levit LLP, argued in a motion to abate that he has been practicing law without incident since the demise of Girardi Keese LLP.

Girardi son-in-law seeks to abate involuntary suspension
David R. Lira

A State Bar judge is to decide Monday whether to pause or allow a third disciplinary proceeding in which bar prosecutors seek to involuntarily suspend the law license of former Girardi Keese attorney David R. Lira, the son-in-law of disbarred and indicted plaintiffs’ attorney Tom Girardi.

In June, Lira was charged by State Bar Trial Counsel Eli D. Morgenstern and Kristina B. Ramos in two disciplinary cases related to allegations that he mi...

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