Matter of Parrinello

Respondent was admitted to practice by the Fourth Department in 1965 and maintains an office for the practice of law in Monroe County. By September 2016 order, respondent’s file was transferred to this Court by order of the Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department.

In June 2017, following an investigation, petitioner filed a petition of charges alleging, in a single charge, that respondent violated three Rules of Professional Conduct as the result of his unauthorized disclosure of confidential client information to a news agency. Respondent substantively denied the allegations in his…