Tom Goldstein Identifies Funder He Used to Pay Personal Debts

Nov. 28, 2025, 7:00 PM UTC

SCOTUSBlog co-founder Tom Goldstein identified Parabellum Capital as the litigation funder he used to pay off seven-figure personal expenses in an appeal Wednesday related to his ongoing criminal case for tax evasion.

Goldstein, a former appellate lawyer at boutique law firm Goldstein & Russell and co-founder of an award-winning blog about the US Supreme Court, was indicted this year for wiring money from his law firm accounts to pay off high-stakes gambling debts and writing off the payments as business expenses. The indictment referenced an unidentified litigation funder that provided financing to Goldstein toward the purchase of a new ...

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