Former Biglaw Co-Chair Gets One Month in College Scam
Gordon Caplan, who left his job as co-chairman of the prestigious New York law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP this year amid the U.S. college-admissions scandal, was sentenced Thursday to one month in prison, reports Bloomberg Law.
“I disregarded the values I’ve had throughout my life,” the once-highflying New York M&A lawyer told the U.S. district judge just before she sentenced him.
The sentence also includes a $50,000 fine and 250 hours of community service.
In his guilty plea, Caplan admitted he paid $75,000 to fix his daughter’s test scores. He asked for 14 days in jail, if he had to be incarcerated at all.
Read the Bloomberg Law article.
