Attorney William Palmieri has a solo practice in New Haven. Courtesy photoNew Haven Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Violations
William Palmieri, a New Haven-based attorney, has pleaded guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay incomes taxes. He faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced in March.
December 23, 2019 at 12:31 PM
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A New Haven solo practitioner who failed to pay more than $200,000 in federal taxes has pleaded guilty to two counts of willful failure to pay income taxes.
William Palmieri, 56, an attorney with a small practice specializing in civil rights law, pleaded guilty Dec. 19 in U.S. district court in Bridgeport before federal Judge Stefan Underhill.
As of December 2017, the government claimed Palmieri, who lives in Bethany, owed $227,709 in taxes, interest and penalties.
Palmieri was released on bond pending a March 12, 2020, sentencing. He faces a maximum two years in prison, a fine and restitution to the IRS.
According to the 12-page Dec. 19 plea agreement between the government and Palmieri, the attorney did not pay all he owed in taxes from 2006 through 2014. During the calendar year 2013, for example, the government said, Palmieri received taxable income of about $117,323 and failed to pay the $29,711 due the government. Similarly, the government said, the attorney failed to pay the IRS $22,409 due for taxable income totaling $89,302 during the calendar year 2014.
Palmieri did not respond to a request for comment Monday. Representing Palmieri is Robert Frost Jr. of the New Haven-based Frost Bussert. Frost declined to comment Monday.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Schmeisser. Tom Carson, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said the office wouldn't be commenting on the matter. The case was investigated by the IRS's Criminal Investigation Division.
Palmieri has represented several police officers who have sued the department for which they worked or formerly worked.
In 2016, Palmieri represented former Oxford police officer Gary Soules who had filed a lawsuit against the town of Oxford over his termination, claiming he was discriminated against by fellow officers because of his age and a disability he developed while serving in the military.
Most recently, Palmieri filed suit in May 2019 on behalf of Bristol police officer Adam Quinn who alleged colleagues scrutinized his work and that Internal Affairs repeatedly falsely investigated him solely because he was a minority officer in an overwhelmingly white police department.
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