State Bar & Bar Associations,
Constitutional Law
Dec. 7, 2023
Bar says it’s required to pursue suspension of Tom Girardi’s son-in-law
Prosecutors argued that the State Bar could not protect the public from serious harm if in every case where an attorney faces criminal charges, the agency is kept from suspending his ability to represent clients.
Allowing former Girardi Keese attorney David R. Lira to pause a proceeding that could temporarily suspend his California law license would go against the state’s legislated public protection interest, “attorney disciplinary matters,” State Bar prosecutors argued in a court filing.
Lira faces federal charges of misappropriating client trust funds and perjury. He has opposed the bar’s move to block him from practicing law and earning a livin...
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