An attorney who hurled “hostile, obscene and derogatory” missives at his wife and professionals involved in their divorce, has been suspended for two years by the Appellate Division, 1st Department, which rejected a three-year censure requested by court’s disciplinary staff.
Anthony Chiofalo, the attorney at the center of Matter of Chiofalo, M-3073, married in 1990. His wife, with whom he had two sons, filed for divorce in 2005. The case apparently has not been resolved, according to the decision.
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