Harriet Ryan
Writer and Reporter at Los Angeles Times
@latimes Investigative reporter [email protected]
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latimes.com | Matt Hamilton |Harriet Ryan
Days after a judge sentenced legal titan Tom Girardi to seven years in prison for stealing from clients, his son-in-law — formerly a high-ranking attorney at his now-defunct firm — pleaded guilty to a federal charge in Illinois. David Lira, 65, of Pasadena, admitted Thursday to one count of contempt of court for defying a Chicago judge’s order concerning the distribution of settlement funds to clients whose relatives had perished in a 2018 Indonesian plane crash.
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malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Matt Hamilton |Harriet Ryan
Matt Hamilton, Harriet Ryan5 June 2025 at 2:48 pm·3-min readDavid Lira admitted Thursday to one count of contempt of court for defying a Chicago judge's order concerning the distribution of settlement funds to clients whose relatives had perished in a 2018 Indonesian plane crash.
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3 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Harriet Ryan
LOS ANGELES - A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation's most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi had used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of "private jets and country clubs" for himself and his wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne.
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4 days ago |
thederrick.com | Harriet Ryan
LOS ANGELES — A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation's most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi had used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of "private jets and country clubs" for himself and his wife, "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne.
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4 days ago |
latimes.com | Harriet Ryan
A judge sentenced disgraced legal titan Tom Girardi, once among the nation’s most formidable trial attorneys, to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from clients. U.S. District Court Judge Josephine Staton said in handing down the sentence that Girardi has used the settlements of catastrophically injured clients to underwrite a lifestyle of “private jets and country clubs” for himself and his wife, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne.
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