Keith Griffin, a former colleague of disgraced plaintiff attorney Tom Girardi, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court on Thursday, the latest in a series of pleas related to mismanagement of client settlement funds by now-collapsed law firm Girardi Keese.
Judge LaShonda Hunt of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois set Griffin’s sentencing for August.
Griffin was indicted last year on charges including contempt of court and concealing knowledge of wire fraud. He was one of several people affiliated with Girardi Keese to face charges related to the firm’s handling of client settlement funds in suits ...
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