Pull posts by serialized ACF field

serialized_metadata.php

<?php
	/* Setup custom query to get posts with ACF field for Author
     * First we need to get the ID and pass this for the meta data
     * Set the key to the name of the field then compare to like so we pull any that contain it
     * Use Sprintf ti run through to check against that
     */
    $attorneyID = get_the_id();
    $args = array(
            'post_type' => 'post',
            'meta_query' => array(
                'key' => 'choose_the_author',
                'compare' => 'LIKE',
                'value' => sprintf(':"%s";', $attorneyID)
            ),
            'meta_key' => 'choose_the_author',
            'order' => 'DESC',
            'posts_per_page' => -1
    );
    $articles_query = new WP_Query( $args );

    if ( $articles_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
        <div class="attorney-articles attorney-info-section">
            <h3>Articles:</h3>
            <ul id="attorney-articles">
                <?php while ( $articles_query->have_posts() ) : $articles_query->the_post(); ?>
                    <li><a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></a></li>
                <?php endwhile; ?>
            </ul>
        </div>
    <?php endif;

    wp_reset_postdata();
?>