► Attorney Brent Winters of Casey, IL; convicted tax cheat |
Attorney Brent Winters of Casey, IL; convicted tax cheat The state of Illinois presented Brent Allan Winters with a law license in 1997.
The Disciplinary Commission found Brent guilty of the following misconduct.
In one matter, while running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, he loaned his own election campaign fund $36,616.50 and, after he was defeated, transferred the debt to a company for $2,500 in order to falsely claim a loss on his 1998 federal income tax return.
Subsequently, Brent was found guilty by a federal jury of filing a false tax return.
As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Illinois Supreme Court punished Brent by gifting him with a complimentary 2-year suspension of his law license.
As we speak (ca. June 2015), Brent practices in Casey, Illinois.
Warning: Brent does not carry legal malpractice insurance |