In Re Petition for DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST Brian James ENGEL, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 299790

I respectfully dissent because, based on his admitted conduct, respondent should never again practice law in the State of Minnesota.

Respondent admits that he was both the attorney and the secretary of a corporation, JC Funding Solutions, Inc., headquartered in respondent’s office, that engaged in at least three fraudulent investment schemes. The three frauds were accomplished by wire transfers into and out of respondent’s attorney trust account.1 Respondent admits that he used his trust account as the vehicle for transfers of $2,515 million on the first scheme, $1 million on the second…