Litigation & Arbitration
Apr. 12, 2023
Elderly Girardi client ‘can wait’ to pursue funds, defense counsel argues
Attorneys for the client seeking allegedly misappropriated funds asked that ex-Girardi Keese lawyer David Lira’s deposition substitute for his trial testimony, to save time. Lira’s attorney said the plaintiff has a life expectancy of nine more years, “so I think he can wait.”
An 84-year-old former Girardi Keese client has a life expectancy of another nine years so he won’t be harmed by a stay of proceedings in his lawsuit for allegedly misappropriated funds, counsel for the firm’s former associate David R. Lira, told a court Tuesday.
“I remember him sitting there, turning to you and telling you — what he said, I’m sure the court recalls — there’s nothing wrong with his mental capacity,” Walter J. Lack of Engstro...
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