Disbarred attorney arrested again

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He was arraigned on Tuesday and charged with third-degree grand larceny and practice of law by an attorney who has been disbarred, suspended, or convicted of a felony. If convicted, officials said, he faces anywhere from 2-1/2 — 7 years in prison, officials said.

Efforts to reach law enforcement officials for further comment on the matter were unavailing.

DiGirolomo fraudulently coordinated a funding agreement between two clients in February 2016, officials said. The agreement was for client one, a married couple in a federal workers’ compensation case, to obtain a $100,000 loan with interest from client two. DiGirolomo made the agreement without the married couple’s knowledge, according to officials. The married couple did not receive any of the money from DiGirolomo.

In October 2018, DiGirolomo allegedly stole another $125,000 in a real estate transaction from the second client. The payment had been sent on Oct. 10, 2018, and was intended for the client, but officials said that by the end of that month, DiGirolomo had spent the money for his own purposes and the account had a zero balance.

Further, in June 2019, DiGirolomo received a $650,000 settlement check in connection with the workers’ compensation case involving the married couple. He signed the couple’s name on the check, without their consent, and deposited it into one of his business accounts, according to officials.

According to the agreement between the couple and DiGirolomo, the attorney was entitled to 30 percent of the recovery, amounting to approximately $195,000, and trial-related expenses of approximately $5,000.

DiGirolomo then used $130,000 of that settlement check to complete restitution in the earlier case. He was automatically disbarred and precluded from the practice of law because of his felony plea on April 4, 2019, according to officials.