Attorneys

• James D. Chiafullo

PITTSBURGH, PA - Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. announces that James D. Chiafullo was recently appointed to the Hearing Committee serving the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

James D. Chiafullo focuses in the areas of corporate, securities, commercial and real estate law.  Prior to joining Cohen & Grigsby, Mr. Chiafullo was a general partner for 10+ years with Thorp Reed & Armstrong in Pittsburgh and in-house counsel with Gulf Oil Corporation in Pittsburgh and Houston, Texas.  His clients include banks, general contractors, developers, physicians, manufacturers, environmental remediation contractors, television stations, geotechnical engineers, franchisors and franchisees.  Mr. Chiafullo is a frequent lecturer and author for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute in the areas of corporate, finance and franchise law.  Jim earned his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh in 1980 and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1983.  He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and Texas, and is a member of the American Bar Association (Antitrust Subcommittee), the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Texas Bar Association.  Mr. Chiafullo resides in Nevillewood, Pennsylvania.

The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is an independent agency under the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s jurisdiction.  Its goals are to protect the public, maintain the integrity of the legal profession and to safeguard the reputation of the courts, and the disciplinary system assists the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in performing its constitutional duty to regulate attorney conduct.  The board meets regularly and makes decisions concerning cases before them, policies and personnel matters.  The board also appoints hearing committee members to assist in the disciplinary process, and hearing committee members are lawyers who are appointed to three-year terms and can be reappointed once.  They serve on a voluntary, unpaid basis and serve on three-member panels within their respective districts.