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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=t1hdrbar width="100%">CONNECTICUT NEWS</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><H2>Ex-Mayor Gives Up Law License</H2>
Gionfriddo, Guilty In Fraud Case, Gets 30 Months In Prison
December 19, 2006
By ALAINE GRIFFIN, Courant Staff Writer <DIV class=dottedrule></DIV><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=storydetail vAlign=top><DIV class=storydetail>MIDDLETOWN -- In the hometown courthouse where he built a law practice that helped buttress his political career, Stephen T. Gionfriddo voluntarily gave up his law license Monday and agreed never to apply for reinstatement.
Gionfriddo, 56, a Middletown city councilman for 14 years and a former mayor, ended his legal career as a convicted felon, sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for defrauding former clients out of $663,943.
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At Monday's hearing in Superior Court, King presented Gionfriddo's resignation and waiver of his right to re-apply to the state bar to Judge Julia L. Aurigemma, who agreed
Gionfriddo, Guilty In Fraud Case, Gets 30 Months In PrisonDecember 19, 2006
By ALAINE GRIFFIN, Courant Staff Writer <DIV class=dottedrule></DIV><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=storydetail vAlign=top><DIV class=storydetail>MIDDLETOWN -- In the hometown courthouse where he built a law practice that helped buttress his political career, Stephen T. Gionfriddo voluntarily gave up his law license Monday and agreed never to apply for reinstatement.
Gionfriddo, 56, a Middletown city councilman for 14 years and a former mayor, ended his legal career as a convicted felon, sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for defrauding former clients out of $663,943.
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At Monday's hearing in Superior Court, King presented Gionfriddo's resignation and waiver of his right to re-apply to the state bar to Judge Julia L. Aurigemma, who agreed
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