An Update on Everyone’s Favorite Cravath Alum
It’s too bad we already picked a Lawsuit of the Day. This latest litigation — brought by James Colliton, the ex-Cravath tax lawyer who, in the words of the AP, “paid a woman so he could have sex with her two underage daughters” — is pretty rich.
Once again from the AP:
A disbarred Manhattan lawyer who pleaded guilty to statutory rape has sued the American Express Co. for giving police credit card information he says led to his capture.James Colliton was arrested in February 2006 near Toronto, where prosecutors say he fled after being indicted on charges of having sex with underage girls.
The 44-year-old Colliton said Monday that American Express violated its agreement to withhold customer information from third parties. The lawsuit seeks an unspecified sum.
This lawsuit will probably be as successful as Colliton’s litigation against Cravath, initiated by a handwritten complaint on notebook paper, claiming that the firm screwed him on his bonus (after they fired him for his criminal conduct).
Ex-con sues AmEx, says it aided search for him [AP]
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The "Cravath System"
Hmmmm. Everyone who has seen an episode of 24 knows that if you are on the lam you need to take the SIM card out of your phone then stomp on it, and pay case at motels and for gas.
Cravath material. The system works.
Um did anyone get on the mother who sold out her two kids for sex?
#4: More importantly, where do you find a mother who will not only let you have sex with her children but also takes AmEx?
Another famous NYU grad
I know a lot of mothers willing to whore out their daughters.
But they won't take American Express.
VISA, it's everywhere you want to be.
3:17 - exactly, you beat me to it.
3:29 - lmao
finally jeremy pit'cock' has been retained by to represent this cravath system product in this landmark ip case
Brilliant #7.
Now all we need is someone ballsy enough to do a "priceless" parody and the comments can be closed.
I hope he was raped in prison.
He only served a 19 month jail sentence for child rape. How's that possible?
Two teenage whores delivered by their mother: 5.75$
One indictment for being stupid enough to get caught: free of charge
Ticket to Toronto: 400$
One dirty magazine bought "near Toronto": 7$
Having your face posted on a blog for being a dumbass retard: priceless
It is not child rape. It is statutory rape. The girls were teenagers.
Guys back in high school used to pay mother to have sex with their underage daughters all the time and it was no big deal.
What is the high school thing from?
#13, I wonder how much consent was involved. I doubt this 40-something perv just paid their mother for the privilege of using his natural charm to bed her daughters.
The guy only got 19 months because the prosecution was afraid of going to trial and having the mother be exposed to cross-examination. The prosecution was also afraid that the family would suffer from a negative reputation in their (allegedly) Hispanic community. So they made a plea bargain.
Let's protect the mother who whored her underage daughters for money. Way to go, brilliant prosecutors.
touching tuchus in toronto = TTT
He has lots of natural charm by the looks of his picture.
BTW, he is (or at least was) married with 5 kids. Poor family.
What's up with all these NYU d-bags?
How is it possible for a 6th year associate to make $500K, even at Cravath?
3:54 - the question here is not where it comes from but rather which high school he attended. i should have been so lucky at my h.s.
4:06 yea tons of charm. but you gotta feel for his family etc.
Guys in my high school didn't get FRAT STUD jokes all the time, it was no big beal.
I wonder what he got on his LSAT.
Vive le Frat Stud!
21-
Selling tax shelters. Ch - ching.
Those poor girls. I can't imagine the trauma of having to have sex with some gross 35+ year old dude and having had your mother broker the whole thing. Fucking disgusting.
What sentence did the mother get?
Dude. Could that guy look any creepier?
typical legacy admit
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is kinda cute?
Puritans.
"It is not child rape. It is statutory rape. The girls were teenagers."
Only if the girls were consenting.
Look at the photo (flattering, compared to some others, like
http://bp2.blogger.com/_7_VME45R1Ak/RxfjfqzfPII/AAAAAAAAAUw/lHU-E-kdFH4/s1600-h/Perv.jpg).
Do you think the girls consented to the sex with this guy?hh
typical legacy admit
4:49, the mother was never even charged.
"I can't imagine the trauma of having to have sex with some gross 35+ year old dude ..."
He's not gross simply because he's 35 +. He's gross because he's gross. I'd bet he's been gross since long before he turned 35.
-35 year old Frat Stud
man you really can find EVERYTHING on craigslist
34: I posted that and am 35. No, he's not gross b/c he's 35 (I say that as a 35-year-old sensitive to my age). At 15 (and certainly 13), I would've found a 25-year-old guy ancient and repulsive, never mind a 39-year-old (which he was at the time).
33: That is incredible to me. Wow.
While we're here, what's going on with Pitcock?
A 2L classmate of mine seemed pretty nice. He got nabbed for some BS charge. They actually were upset he was soliciting sex from a set of 3 year old conjoined twins. He was a great guy, and I still think he shouldn't have gotten more than a year. I snapped this picture after our Business Law final. http://meaney.us/wp-content/weirdguy.jpg . I think he is getting his LLM at GW now.
"I would've found a 25-year-old guy ancient and repulsive, never mind a 39-year-old (which he was at the time). "
So you're telling me that as a fairly good looking and successful 36 year old guy, when I talk to women in their early 20s, they should be repulsed by me purely because I'm 36 (although I look 30)? I don't think thats the consensus, although I get your point as applied to this Cretin Colloton. He's just plain creepy.
39: The age difference when the girl is 13 or 15 is far more vast than when the girl is 25.
When I was 21, I would've thought a 36-year-old dude hitting on me was a loser. That's just me, though.