By Charles V. Berwanger What are the duties of managerial and subordinate attorneys who discover that a partner is impaired? Suppose a senior partner and successful trial lawyer, who is a rainmaker of his...
By Gary Schons LAWYER and MATE, domestic partners, are at home and get into a terrible argument over finances. MATE becomes uncharacteristically angry and upset and grabs LAWYER around the neck and chokes LAWYER...
By Michael L. Crowley On June 30, 2021, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the sexual assault convictions of comedian-actor Bill Cosby, and he was released from prison. He was serving a 10-year sentence. News...
By Andrew A. ServaisWingert, Grebing, Brubaker & Juskie, LLP It is not uncommon for attorneys to change law firms or depart to start a solo practice or a practice with a fellow attorney from...
On June 24, 2021, a New York court immediately suspended Rudi Giuliani’s law license, based on “uncontroverted evidence that [he] communicated demonstrable false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public at large in his capacity as lawyer for former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump campaign in connection with Trump’s failed effort at reelection in 2020.”
Understanding and adhering to statutory and ethical standards in the arbitration setting is critical to preserve the neutrality and integrity of the private system of adjudication.
This article focuses on some of the ethical considerations a lawyer should consider when deciding to use overdraft protection.
Despite the unprecedented events occurring since, many of us still remember March 2019 when it was made public that “Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III delivered his Report of the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election to the then-Attorney General of the United States, William P. Barr.”
It is no secret that trial attorneys must navigate ethical minefields as they collect information from their clients, as they engage in discovery, and as they present evidence to judges and juries.
Sparking intense controversy, in 2016 the American Bar Association (“ABA”) amended Model Rule 8.4 to add paragraph (g), making it professional misconduct to “engage in conduct that the lawyer knows or reasonably should know is harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status in conduct related to the practice of law.”