Creditors of Tom Girardi and his Los Angeles law firm, Girardi Keese, are planning to file an involuntary bankruptcy petition within 48 hours, according to a lawyer for a litigation funder at a hearing Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin of the Northern District of Illinois called the telephonic hearing to discuss the appointment of a trustee to manage the assets of Girardi and his firm, which he froze after imposing a $2 million judgment against them Monday. Durkin, who oversees lawsuits brought against Boeing over the Max 8 aircraft crash in 2018 in Indonesia, had concerns that Girardi and his firm may have stolen money from their clients.