USA v. Daugerdas et al

  1. November 21, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Bigwig's Wife Wants To Keep Cash

    The wife of Jenkens & Gilchrist PC's former Chicago head Paul Daugerdas is fighting to keep millions that she says are hers and can't be taken by the government after her husband's conviction for a $7 billion tax fraud, telling a New York federal court Friday that the burden of proof is on the government.

  2. September 24, 2014

    2nd Circ. Denies Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Head's Bail Bid

    The Second Circuit on Tuesday rejected a bid for bail pending appeal by former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC Chicago head Paul Daugerdas, who was sentenced this summer to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme.

  3. August 26, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Seeks Bail Pending Appeal

    Former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC Chicago head Paul Daugerdas, sentenced this summer to 15 years for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme, asked the Second Circuit on Friday for bail pending appeal on the grounds that the appeal raises a significant legal question.

  4. July 30, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Atty Gets 6 Months In $7B Tax Fraud

    Erwin Mayer, a former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC attorney who pled guilty to participating in a $7 billion tax shelter scheme and later testified against others at the firm including Paul Daugerdas, was sentenced in New York federal court on Wednesday to six months in prison.

  5. July 24, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Atty Seeks Probation For $7B Tax Fraud

    A former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC attorney who took part in a $7 billion tax fraud scheme asked an Illinois federal court on Wednesday to sentence him to probation instead of prison, citing his "extraordinary" cooperation with the government's investigation.

  6. July 07, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Agrees To Ill. Disbarment

    Paul Daugerdas, the former head of Jenkens & Gilchrist PC's Chicago office who was sentenced in June to 15 years in prison on charges he orchestrated a $7 billion tax fraud scheme, consented Thursday to disbarment in Illinois, according to a motion filed with the state attorney disciplinary board.

  7. June 25, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Gets 15 Years For $7B Tax Fraud

    Paul Daugerdas, the former head of Jenkens & Gilchrist PC's Chicago office, was sentenced in New York federal court on Wednesday to 15 years in prison on charges he orchestrated a $7 billion tax fraud scheme that prosecutors have called the largest in U.S. history.

  8. June 19, 2014

    Feds Want 20-Year Jail Term For Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss

    Former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC boss Paul Daugerdas should serve at least 20 years in prison for his role in a $7 billion tax shelter scheme, prosecutors said in a court filing this week, calling him "the most prolific, pernicious and utterly unrepentant tax cheat in United States history."

  9. June 10, 2014

    Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Boss Wants Mercy In Tax Sentencing

    Former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC boss Paul Daugerdas on Monday told a federal judge in New York that he should serve no more than 30 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging tax shelter scheme that allegedly generated more than $7 billion in fake losses.

  10. June 10, 2014

    Former BDO Partner Gets 3 Months For $1B Tax Shelter Scam

    A former partner at accounting firm BDO Seidman LLP was sentenced Tuesday to three months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging tax shelter scheme involving now-defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist PC that allegedly generated more than $1 billion in fake losses.

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