J. Tony Serra, the pony-tailed defense attorney who made a career of defying the government, will plead guilty today to failing to pay his income taxes. As famous for his rumpled suits and love of marijuana as he is for blistering cross-examinations, Serra has railed against what he sees as government overreaching in criminal prosecutions. "It is Tony's somewhat dysfunctional relationship to money that lies at the root of his offense behavior and not greed or self-aggrandizement," wrote Serra's attorney.
The excerpt above is from The Recorder, but you need a subscription to read the story. A non-subscription story about Mr. Serra is here. He could be sentenced to anything from probation to two years in prison.