Jimmy McGill

James Morgan "Jimmy" McGill, commonly known under the professional alias Saul Goodman, and later under the assumed identity Gene Takavic, was an American lawyer and criminal formerly based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Best known for his time as the owner and proprietor of Saul Goodman & Associates, McGill developed a reputation for underhanded and criminal tactics to defend his clients. From 2008 to 2010, McGill was a close to legal advisor to drug manufacturer and eventual Walter White, eventually becoming a key aspect of his criminal empire. Following the discovery of Walt's criminal activities, McGill fled Albuquerque with the aid of Ed Galbaraith, adopting the Takavic identity and relocating in Omaha, Nebraska.

McGill was born in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Cicero to parents Charles and Ruth McGill in 1960. His father, Charles Jr., was a successful Albuquerque-based lawyer. Often stealing from his father's store as a child, McGill began regularly working as a con artist based in the Chicago area once he reached adulthood, earning the nickmane "Slippin' Jimmy" for his many schemes. Arrested in 1992 after defecating through the sunroof of a prior acquaintance's car while their children were inside, McGill was defended by his elder brother on the convention that he return with him to Albuquerque and begin working a legitimate job at his law firm's mail room. While working in the mail room, Jimmy met his long-time romantic interest Kim Wexler, and passed the bar in the late 1990s after attending the University of American Samoa's correspondence law school. McGill, however, was not offered a position at HHM, and began a solo law practice. McGill also found regular work during this period as a public defender. His investigations of elder abuse at Sandpiper Crossing nursing homes earned him a position at firm Davis & Main in 2002. The same year, he would work to sabotage HHM's clientship with Mesa Verde Bank and Trust on behalf of Kim, although this would lead to an eventual confrontation between himself and and Chuck, leading to his eventual arrest and the temporary suspension of his law license.

When Jimmy's law license was restored in 2004, he began regularly using the name 'Saul Goodman' (a name he had previously used to run scams) as part of his law practice. Marrying Wexler the same year, Goodman would become closer in his involvement to the criminal underworld. Beginning his work for methamphetamine producers Walter White and Jesse Pinkman in 2008, Goodman helped connect their services with drug lord Gustavo Fring and establish their relationship with Vamonos Pest, eventually becoming White's trusted consigliere. Following Walt's outing as a criminal leader in 2010, McGill fled Albuquerque with the aid of 'disappearer' Ed Galbraith, relocating in Omaha, Nebraska, under the name Gene Takavic, working as the manager of a local mall cinnabon.