Thomas Goldstein convicted in sweeping federal tax case: high-stakes poker and the fall of a Supreme Court lawyer

When a federal jury in Maryland found Thomas Goldstein guilty this week, it brought a stunning chapter in American legal culture to an abrupt end. A man who once moved comfortably inside the marble corridors of the Supreme Court now stands convicted of federal crimes, his reputation reshaped by a case built on poker debts, hidden income, and years of misleading financial records.

Jurors convicted Goldstein on 12 out of 16 felony counts, including tax evasion, filing false tax returns...