Navigation Tom Girardi and His Bookkeeper Expected to Plead Fifth at Upcoming Hearing
Tom Girardi and his firm’s former bookkeeper are anticipated to plead the Fifth Amendment at an upcoming contempt hearing involving two former partners at Girardi Keese, according to lawyers at a telephonic hearing Monday. A federal judge in Chicago is planning a Sept. 13 hearing to determine whether former partners Keith Griffin and David Lira should be held in contempt over $2 million in missing client settlement funds involving the Lion Air crash litigation.
