Robert Gold
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Robert Gold
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All Connections
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All Connections
6 totalFormer G&W co-managing partner maintained warm personal relationship with Epstein 2011-2014. Named in 2001 Trust as friend with debt forgiveness. 13 DOJ documents. Paris meetings, birthday exchanges, health updates.
Gold used former AUSA connections to shield Epstein from Towers Financial prosecution, running out statute of limitations. Hoffenberg served 19 years; Epstein was never charged.
Co-managing partner and name partner. Former AUSA SDNY criminal division 1973-1977. Formed firm with William Wachtel.
Co-founders of Gold and Wachtel law firm (1984). Gold served as co-managing partner.
Robert Gold co-managing partner of Gold and Wachtel which represented J. Epstein and Company Inc from 1988 as process agent. Gold would have been responsible for bringing Epstein as client or approving him.
As co-managing partner of Gold & Wachtel, Gold was the senior partner when the firm began representing Epstein in 1988. Gold was a former AUSA with criminal defense expertise.
All Findings
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All Findings
5 totalrelationship (1)
Robert Gold maintained active personal relationship with Epstein post-conviction (2011-2014). 13 documents found in DOJ corpus. Key emails: 'Is it time yet?' (Nov 2011 Thanksgiving), 'Hard to describe how much I enjoyed spending time with you' (Jan 2012), birthday exchange (Sep 2012), health updates sharing surgery details (Feb 2012), 'Greetings from an old friend\! I just spent the day in Paris working with Alan' (Jun 2014 from Mishcon de Reya). Epstein sent LinkedIn invite to Gold (Aug 2013). Gold listed in Trust for debt forgiveness suggesting financial entanglement.
legal (1)
Robert Gold was co-managing partner of Gold & Wachtel. Career: Shea & Gould (1971), AUSA criminal division SDNY (1973-1977), returned to practice (1978), formed Gold & Wachtel with William Wachtel. Later Of Counsel at Sullivan & Worcester, then joined DLA Piper Rudnick as partner in Litigation (July 2006). Education: Columbia BA 1967, Cornell JD and MBA 1971. Appeared as counsel in Walters v. Fullwood (1987, SDNY) representing World Sports and Entertainment.
intelligence (1)
Robert Gold shielded Epstein from Towers Financial prosecution. Per James Patterson narrative (House Oversight docs): When asked why Epstein was not implicated in the Hoffenberg/Towers Financial Ponzi scheme case, Hoffenberg says 'Ask Robert Gold.' Sources indicate Gold 'the former federal prosecutor who had helped Epstein recover Ana Obregon money, kept the US attorney away from Epstein until there were only a few weeks left before the statute of limitations ran out.' Gold's AUSA SDNY background (1973-1977, corruption and securities fraud units) gave him the connections to accomplish this.
identity (2)
Robert Gold (b. Sept 16 1945): co-founding partner of Gold and Wachtel. Columbia BA Economics 1967, Cornell JD and MBA 1971. AUSA SDNY Criminal Division 1973-1977 (Official Corruption Unit, Securities Fraud Unit). Career: Shea and Gould (1971, 1980), Gold and Wachtel (co-managing partner, 1984-late 1990s), McDermott Will and Emery, Ranieri and Co (1998-2000), Sullivan and Worcester, DLA Piper (2006), Wilson Sonsini (2008), Mishcon de Reya (2014). Represented George Steinbrenner. Defeated Ronald Perelman hostile takeover of Hudson News. Involved in Watergate, Iran-Contra, Marcos prosecution cases.
Robert Gold: Co-managing partner of Gold & Wachtel. BA Columbia 1967, JD/MBA Cornell 1971. AUSA SDNY 1973-1977 (Official Corruption Unit, Securities Fraud Unit). Shea & Gould 1971/1980. Co-founded Gold & Wachtel. Later at McDermott Will & Emery, DLA Piper (2006), Wilson Sonsini (2013), Mishcon de Reya NYC (2014). Named in Epstein 2001 Trust ONE for debt forgiveness as 'his friend, ROBERT GOLD.' Active correspondence with Epstein 2011-2014.