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Tom Goldstein, a Top Supreme Court Lawyer in Washington, Faces Gambling Scandal
- smcin 2y agoA wild tale. That one seems to be paywalled, here's another article: "Tom Goldstein Ran Out of Luck - How the most influential Supreme Court lawyer of his generation gambled it all away." https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tom-goldstein-scotusblog-poker-charges.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/tom-goldstein-scotus... Tom Goldstein has argued 45 cases before the Supreme Court, single-handedly changing how lawyers get cases in front of the nine justices, and taught a generation of Harvard and Stanford law students how to do the same. and founded SCOTUSblog. He also led a double life as an international high-stakes poker player who evaded millions in taxes and used his law firm as a slush fund to pay gambling debts and support multiple girlfriends. He was recently convicted of tax evasion on his earnings.