The Biglaw Job Market Is Rough, But It Isn’t Worth Going To Prison Over

Between the price of eggs and some Biglaw bonuses looking like other people’s salaries, there’s no surprise that people would go to extreme lengths to net one of these high-paying jobs. But there should be limits. Not just the ones we impose on our own job search like opportunities for hybrid work, not bending the knee to Trump at minimum or standing on the rule of law at best, but external ones too. You know, like not committing social security fraud to score the callback. One former lawyer didn’t get the message, but he will definitely be getting jail time. ABA Journal has coverage:

A disbarred Ohio lawyer has been sentenced to 37 months in prison for Social Security fraud after using fake identities in a quest for law firm jobs.

Richard Louis Crosby III, 37, of Mason, Ohio, was sentenced Monday, according to Reuters and a March 10 press release. In addition to serving time in prison, Crosby will have to pay $171,000 in restitution to defrauded firms.

$171k in restitution? If he needed a Biglaw gig before, he definitely needs one now! In addition to lying about his Social Security number, Crosby decided to falsely state that he was a Marine, a University of Michigan football player, and a former Kirkland & Ellis employee. Did he ever think that those claims would be easy to run a background check on? He might as well have said that he was a lead attorney at Enron. Would that have been more believable? No, but it definitely would have been harder to verify.

The job market is rough, but do your best to be honest on your resume — prison is rougher.

Disbarred Lawyer Gets Prison Time After Posing As BigLaw Alum, Former Football Player In Quest For Jobs [ABA Journal]

Earlier: Disbarred Attorney Uses Fake ID To Score Better Job Than You

Faux Biglaw Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Social Security Fraud, Gets Prison Time

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