Million-dollar lawyer

The Illinois Supreme Court this month disbarred Brian P. Lee of Wheaton, Illinois.

On February 19 of this year, Lee pleaded guilty in federal court in San Diego to participating in a scheme to embezzle more than $1 million from a local elderly couple that has not been identified in official documents.

Lee had been hired to create trusts and corporations for the couple and to control bank accounts he opened in the name of various entities. He admitted to transferring those funds to accounts he controlled. One of those accounts was for the couple's grandchildren.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Tenorio, who handled the case, said Lee's law license was in Illinois but he practiced in San Diego. He will be sentenced October 10 by U.S. District Court judge Barry Ted Moskowitz. The sentencing has been delayed at least twice.