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Joseph R. Pisani (born August 31, 1929) is an American lawyer and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on August 31, 1929, in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York. There he attended the public schools. He graduated B.A. from Iona College in 1950, and J.D. from Fordham Law School in 1953.〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1973; pg. 101)〕 He was admitted to the bar in 1954, and practiced law in New Rochelle. He married Joan, and they had four children. Pisani also entered politics as a Republican, and was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1966 to 1972, sitting in the 176th, 177th, 178th and 179th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1973 to 1984, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th and 185th New York State Legislatures. In 1981, he ran for Westchester County Executive but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Alfred DelBello.〔(''DELBELLO, PISANI FACE TO FACE ON THE ISSUES'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on October 18, 1981〕 On December 1, 1983, Pisani was indicted for fraud and tax evasion.〔(''INDICTMENT CHARGES NEW YORK LEGISLATOR EMBEZZLED $83,000'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 2, 1983〕 On May 1, 1984, his trial opened in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.〔(''PROSECUTOR ASSERTS PISANI ABUSED HIS POSITION TO EMBEZZLE $80,000'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on May 2, 1984〕 On June 1, the jury convicted him on eighteen counts, acqitted him on eleven, and was unable to reach a verdict on the remaining ten counts of the indictment.〔(''PISANI IS GUILTY ON 18 COUNTS, ACQUITTED OF 11'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 2, 1984〕 On June 27, he resigned his Senate seat.〔(''ALBANY LEADERS DRAFT A PROPOSAL ON MALPRACTICE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 28, 1984〕 On August 1, 1984, he was fined $69,000, and sentenced to four years in jail, by Judge David N. Edelstein.〔(''PISANI, A FORMER STATE SENATOR, IS GIVEN 4-YEAR PRISON TERM IN FRAUD CASE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on August 2, 1984〕 On September 14, 1984, his law license was suspended.〔("MATTER JOSEPH R. PISANI (09/14/84)" ) at Find a Case〕 In 1985, he worked as a window salesman in Newburgh and went to live in a log cabin in West Park.〔(''PISANI REFLECTS ON HIS CHANGED LIFE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on September 29, 1985〕 On September 12, 1985, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (judges George C. Pratt, Jon O. Newman and Amalya L. Kearse) vacated most of his convictions and the four-years-in-prison sentence. The appeals court held that Pisani could not be convicted of diverting campaign funds to his personal use, because the law prohibiting this practice was enacted only after the facts of this case happened. The appeals court upheld a conviction and a suspended sentence for Pisani taking money from an escrow account of one of his clients.〔(''EX-LEGISLATOR WINS REVERSAL OF CONVICTION'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on September 13, 1985〕 On July 2, 1986, Pisani pleaded guilty to tax evasion, and on July 28, was sentenced by Judge John E. Sprizzo to one year in prison.〔(''EX-STATE SENATOR GETS JAIL TERM AFTER GUILTY PLEA ON TAX EVASION'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on July 29, 1986〕 On September 15, 1986, Pisani began to serve his prison term in the Federal Medical Center, Lexington.〔(''Pisani Starts Serving Federal Prison Term'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on September 16, 1986〕 On February 17, 1987, he was disbarred by the Appellate Division.〔("MATTER JOSEPH R. PISANI (02/17/87)" ) at Find a Case〕 He was released from prison in February 1987, and was transferred to a halfway house in Manhattan. In March 1987, he failed a drug test after eating a poppyseed bagel, and was sent to the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York.〔(''EX-SEN. PISANI BACK IN JAIL'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on March 20, 1987〕 After his release, he worked as a salesman again, this time for an assortment of construction materials. In October 1987, after having divorced his first wife, he married Kathryn Godfrey, his long-time law secretary. In January 1988, he started to host a radio talk show on WVOX.〔(''An Ex-Senator Finds a Welcome On the Airwaves'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 8, 1988〕 He also painted landscapes at his log cabin.〔(''Out of Jail, Ex-Legislator Turns to Art'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 25, 1989〕 Pisani was re-instated to the bar in 2008. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph R. Pisani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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