Jenkens & Gilchrist – Where Every Day Is (Small) Game Day
There’s big news out of Jenkens & Gilchrist and it sounds like something out of Star Trek: they’re breaking up. You see, Jenkens’ image has taken a hit as of late. And it’s not just from this...
View ArticleA Texas Style Meltdown
I had already reported that Jenkens Gilchrist was suffering as a result of its involvement in several tax scandals out of the Chicago area. Attorneys were leaving, offices were closing, but somehow,...
View ArticleGone Hunton
Apparently their mothers aren’t the only ones who still love Jenkens & Gilchrist lawyers… The Virginia-based law firm of Hunton & Williams does. A lot. As previously reported, Jenkens found...
View ArticleIndictments, Kickbacks and Pleas, Oh My!
Jay Gordon, the former chair of the tax practice at Greenberg Traurig, has pleaded guilty to two counts of obstructing the due administration of the internal revenue laws, and conspiracy to defraud the...
View ArticleFormer Jenkens & Gilchrist Tax Attorneys Indicted
I know, I know. This doesn’t even feel like news. We’ve seen it coming for awhile now, ever since this little gem appeared on the Jenkens & Gilchrist web site in 2007: At the time of the closing,...
View ArticleBiggest Tax Fraud Prosecution Ever To Be Retried Due to Juror Who Is...
(Update: I have more details about the juror and the request for the mistrial… be sure and check back on Wednesday for the scoop.) Remember the big deal which was the alleged misconduct that eventually...
View ArticleMistrial In Tax Case Due To Juror’s Lies About Her Home, Career & Criminal...
Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III ordered a new trial for Paul M. Daugerdas, Donna M. Guerin, Denis M. Field after finding that a juror had tainted what had been referred to...
View ArticleDaugerdas Sentenced To Prison, Ending Biggest Tax Prosecution Ever
Of all of the stories that I’ve ever covered over the years, by far the one I’ve received the most questions about after the fact was this one: What ever happened to Paul Daugerdas? I’ve been following...
View Article10 Notorious Tax Cheats: Paul Daugerdas, Tax Attorney Turned Multibillion...
Calling him “the most prolific, pernicious and utterly unrepentant tax cheat in United States history,” prosecutors called for a lengthy sentence for former Jenkens & Gilchrist Chicago head Paul...
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