USA v. Daugerdas et al

  1. May 17, 2013

    Ex-Jenkens Head Keeps Atty In Tax Fraud Row Despite Conflict

    The former head of the Chicago office of Jenkens & Gilchrist PC said Friday he would continue to use his current attorney to fight tax fraud charges he faces, despite a possible conflict of interest.

  2. April 04, 2013

    Feds Relaunch Charges In Jenkens Tax Fraud Case

    Manhattan federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in anticipation of the retrial of two defendants in the Jenkens & Gilchrist PC tax fraud case, almost a year after a judge threw out their convictions after finding out a juror in the case had lied about her past.

  3. April 01, 2013

    Jenkens Tax Fraud Case Belongs In NY, Prosecutors Say

    The U.S. government on Friday blasted acquittal bids by two defendants in the Jenkens & Gilchrist PC tax fraud case, arguing its venue choice was proper because the criminal scheme took place in New York and involved tax cheats and a bank located in the region.

  4. March 22, 2013

    Deutsche Broker Gets 3 1/2 Years In Jenkens Tax Fraud

    A former Deutsche Bank AG broker was sentenced Friday in New York federal court to 42 months in prison for conspiring with lawyers at Jenkens & Gilchrist PC in a tax evasion fraud that prosecutors have labeled the largest in history.

  5. March 15, 2013

    'Significant' Sentence Sought For Ex-Deutsche Broker's Fraud

    Federal prosecutors on Friday asked for a sentence of 96 to 240 months against a former Deutsche Bank AG broker who was convicted in 2011 for his role in what prosecutors said was the largest criminal tax fraud in U.S. history.

  6. March 01, 2013

    Ex-Jenkens Atty Gets 8 Years For 'Breathtaking' Tax Fraud

    Former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC tax attorney Donna Guerin was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison and ordered to pay up to $190 million in restitution for her role in what prosecutors said was the largest criminal tax fraud in U.S. history.

  7. February 15, 2013

    Ex-J&G Atty Says Of Tax Shelters: Everyone Was Doing It

    A former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC tax attorney who pled guilty to allegations that she helped create a $130 million illegal tax shelter practice asked a New York federal judge Thursday to impose a sentence of home confinement, saying she played a relatively minor role in an industrywide tax shelter boom.

  8. February 01, 2013

    Ex-J&G Atty Gets New Counsel In Tax Shelter Case

    A former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC partner accused of helping to create illegal tax shelters will be represented by new lawyers at retrial, slated for September in New York federal court, after parting ways with previous counsel from Jenner & Block LLP.

  9. November 08, 2012

    Ex-J&G Atty Loses Bid For Funds In $95M Tax Shelter Retrial

    A former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC office head convicted in a $95 million tax shelter case lost a bid in New York federal court Wednesday to obtain some of his assets seized by the government, which he said he needed in order to hire new counsel for his retrial in the case.

  10. October 03, 2012

    J&G Exec Can't Interview Jurors For Tax Shelter Retrial

    A former Jenkens & Gilchrist PC office head who was convicted in a tax shelter case lost a bid Tuesday to interview jurors from that action, in which he was found guilty but then granted a new trial due to juror misconduct.