After Shkreli Lawyer’s Indictment, Law Firm Faces Test

Thursday’s indictment of Kaye Scholar partner Evan Greebel served as a reminder to the legal community that being a Big Law lawyer is a high-risk business.

When your job is representing people who may or may not engage in corporate wrongdoing, it can be difficult to know when to serve as a zealous advocate and when to walk away from a dangerous and potentially illegal situation.

Greebel, the Kaye Scholer lawyer, is charged by federal prosecutors with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and engaging in a scheme to defraud pharmaceutical company Retrophin by misappropriating assets so his client, Retrophin-founder Martin Shkreli, could pay ...