James Colliton

James Colliton

Lawsuit of the Day Last Month: Talk About a ‘Special’ Bonus
(The bonus you claim after pleading guilty to paying a mom so you can have sex with her two underage daughters)

(We missed this case because it happened over the holidays, when we were away from ATL. But we’ve received several requests to cover this super-juicy story, so we’ll go for it, despite being so late to the party.) We described Schoenfeld v. Allen & Overy, a lawsuit by a Jewish associate against his former law […]

Crime

A Cravath Lawyer Who Screws the Kiddies

And we’re not talking about CSM partners working young associates to death, riding them hard and putting them away wet. We’re speaking more literally. We mentioned this story briefly at the time of his guilty plea, but his sentencing yesterday gives us the opportunity to revisit it in more depth. From the AP: A tax […]

James Colliton

Tax Lawyers in Jail

While some tax lawyers are tying the knot, others are getting tied up in knots — legal knots, of their own making. Does the name James Colliton ring a bell? Colliton (at right) is a former tax lawyer at the Death Star super-prestigious Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He’s also the guy who was indicted on […]