Lawyer in Wig Who Peddled Secret U.S. Suit to Plead Guilty

A Washington lawyer from a prominent firm will plead guilty after being charged with trying to sell copies of two secret lawsuits involving companies that were under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, his lawyer said.

Jeffrey Wertkin, who worked for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, was arrested in January in the lobby of a hotel in Cupertino, California, where he allegedly showed up wearing a wig to collect $310,000 for one of the lawsuits and was met by an FBI agent. He took the suits with him when he left the government in 2016, according to court ...