Long Island divorce attorney Peter Galasso soon will begin serving a two-year suspension after losing his second challenge of that penalty for failing to detect his brother Anthony’s embezzlement of millions of dollars from clients of Galasso, Langione, Catterson & LoFrumento. Anthony Galasso was the firm’s bookkeeper.
Without comment in Matter of Galasso, 2013-60, the state Court of Appeals denied Galasso’s appeal of his suspension by the Appellate Division, Second Department. Galasso had asked the court to reconsider the suspension as "unduly harsh" (NYLJ, Jan. 11). The suspension will go into effect five days after he receives notice of entry of the court’s determination, said Galasso’s attorney, Jeffrey Catterson. Catterson said Galasso would be using his "analytical and writing skills" in a "non-law related business venture" for the next two years.
