Litigator of the Week: A Shocking Win for Terwilliger in Ex-Congressman's Corruption Case
In convincing the feds to drop all criminal charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock, McGuireWoods partner George Terwilliger III scored a win that the Washington Post described as a “stunning."
March 08, 2019 at 11:12 AM
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Our Litigator of the Week is McGuireWoods partner George Terwilliger III for a win that the Washington Post described as a “stunning reversal for the government” and the Chicago Tribune called “virtually unheard of in a high-profile corruption case.”
Terwilliger represented Aaron Schock, a former Republican congressman from Illinois who was indicted in 2016 on 24 felony counts including wire fraud, mail fraud, theft of government funds and filing false tax returns. (You might recall him as the congressman who lavishly decorated his office a la “Downton Abbey.”)
On Wednesday, federal prosecutors in Chicago offered a deferred prosecution agreement. If Schock pays his back taxes—about $40,000, according to CNN—and reimburses his campaign $68,000, the feds will drop all criminal charges.
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