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Tom Goldstein, a prominent lawyer who argued 44 cases before the Supreme Court, was sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion and fraud.
Tom Goldstein, a prominent Supreme Court litigator who argued 44 cases before the Court, was sentenced to six years in prison for tax evasion and fraud. Goldstein's conviction and sentencing is a rare case of a legal elite facing prison time for financial crimes.
Goldstein's case matters partly because elite lawyers rarely face serious consequences. His sentencing suggests either that his crimes were egregious or that prosecutors and judges felt emboldened to pursue him more aggressively than they might have in other circumstances. The six-year sentence is substantial. For a lawyer whose entire career was built on credibility and access, prison is especially damaging. The case also surfaces the question of how many other prominent lawyers are engaged in similar tax schemes without being caught.
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