"In public, he was a polished appellate lawyer and legal commentator. In private, they said, he was chasing multimillion-dollar poker games while scrambling to keep the IRS and creditors at bay. He now faces the possibility of spending decades in federal prison when he is sentenced."
"Colleagues saw him as a meticulous strategist. He was often described as non-ideological and pragmatic, someone who understood not just how to argue a case but how to get the Court to hear it in the first place. At the same time, according to federal prosecutors, he was nurturing a gambling habit that would grow larger and riskier with each passing year."
"For much of his career, Goldstein occupied a rare position in Washington's legal world. He founded the boutique appellate firm Goldstein & Russell, P.C., based in Bethesda, Maryland, and built a national reputation arguing before the Supreme Court. Over the years, he presented more than 40 cases to the justices and taught Supreme Court advocacy at top law schools."
Thomas Goldstein, founder of the appellate firm Goldstein & Russell and a respected Supreme Court advocate who argued over 40 cases before the justices, was convicted on 12 of 16 felony counts including tax evasion, filing false tax returns, and making false statements to lenders. The trial exposed a double life: publicly, he was a meticulous, non-ideological legal strategist and law school professor; privately, he engaged in ultrahigh-stakes poker gambling while accumulating significant debts and misleading the IRS and creditors about his finances. Prosecutors documented years of hidden income and falsified financial records. Goldstein now faces decades in federal prison upon sentencing, marking a dramatic fall from his prominent position in Washington's legal establishment.
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