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title: David R. Lira
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![David R. Lira](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Lira-David_e3575265b88ccb11a154aaa12db9c073.jpg)

# David R. Lira

David R. Lira is a trial lawyer at *Girardi | Keese*, specializing in product liability lawsuits. He is a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and a member of ABOTA.

### Articles written by this author:

[![Liability of business owners and social hosts](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/bartender_istock-155144705_76862ecceac82d3b0dc77e9a23ff828c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february/liability-of-business-owners-and-social-hosts "Liability of business owners and social hosts")

## [Liability of business owners and social hosts](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february/liability-of-business-owners-and-social-hosts "Liability of business owners and social hosts")

The ever-changing tapestry of case law on when a business owner or social host may be liable for injuries of a patron or guest; also a look at what gives rise to a business’s duty to prevent criminal acts

[David R. Lira](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-r-lira "David R. Lira")
[Nicole DeVanon](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/nicole-devanon "Nicole DeVanon")

[2018 February](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-february)

[![Problems in products liability likely to arise out of COVID-19](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Aumais-istock-471505987_932e71b9cf943274151b7105018859c2.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/problems-in-products-liability-likely-to-arise-out-of-covid-19 "Problems in products liability likely to arise out of COVID-19")

## [Problems in products liability likely to arise out of COVID-19](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june/problems-in-products-liability-likely-to-arise-out-of-covid-19 "Problems in products liability likely to arise out of COVID-19")

Litigation problems stemming from COVID-19, and common issues surrounding [[case]]forum non conveniens[[/case]] and failure-to-warn cases

[Christopher T. Aumais](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christopher-t-aumais "Christopher T. Aumais")
[David R. Lira](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/david-r-lira "David R. Lira")

[2020 June](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-june)