Phila. Bar Encounters Rare Choice in Chancellor's Race
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, November 19, 2012
The two men vying in the first contested election for leadership of the Philadelphia Bar Association in six years both are acutely aware that the metropolitan bar association is itself in a race for relevance to lawyers with many demands on their time.
Judge Orders Firm to Pay Solo Attorney $117K Referral Fee
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, November 9, 2012
A Philadelphia trial judge has ordered the principals of Philadelphia personal injury firm Pansini & Mezrow to pay nearly $117,000 plus interest to Montgomery County solo attorney John I. Gordon as a referral fee in an injury case that settled for $1.5 million and garnered $600,000 in attorney fees.
Pietragallo Gordon's Corporate Co-Chair Joins Eckert Seamans
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, November 2, 2012
Corporate attorney David P. Franklin has joined Pittsburgh-based Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott as a member from Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, where he was a partner and co-chair of the business/corporate practice.
Justices Take Up Firm's Appeal to Recoup Tax Collection Fees
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The state Supreme Court has granted allocatur in a case over whether Pennsylvania law provided a cause of action to taxpayers who sued a law firm for the administrative costs they paid the firm for collecting real estate taxes.
Joanne Zack, Leading Class Action Attorney, Dies
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 12, 2012
Joanne Zack, an attorney specializing in complex commercial litigation including representing authors in their copyright class action over Google's efforts to build the largest digital library in the world, was a brilliant attorney who was never boastful or conceited about her accomplishments, colleagues said in the wake of Zack's death last week.
Plaintiff Can't Sue Lawyer After Alleged Inadequate Settlement
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 12, 2012
Plaintiffs unhappy with their settlement in a silicosis case can't sue their lawyers for malpractice, a Philadelphia judge has ruled.
Supreme Court Disbars Attorney Who Stole From Judge
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The state Supreme Court has disbarred a Philadelphia attorney who was found to have commingled client funds with his own money — in one instance, spending away a Philadelphia municipal court judge's real estate deposit instead of keeping the money in escrow.
Tension at Satellite Offices Common, Even for Midsized Firms
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, October 5, 2012
When former Barley Snyder partner Sean E. Summers left the Lancaster firm's York, Pa., office, he told The Legal the move was caused in part by what he perceived as the firm's lack of commitment to the future of that office.
After Phila. Expansion, Archer & Greiner Opens Monmouth County Office
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, September 27, 2012
After spending the past few years building its presence in Philadelphia and North Jersey,Haddonfield, N.J.-based Archer & Greiner has announced plans to open an office in Monmouth County, N.J., with the addition of the three principals from area firm Nelson Supko & Hanlon, effective October 1.
Judge Rejects Beasley Firm's Abuse of Process Suit in Estate Case
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, September 24, 2012
In the latest chapter in the fight over the estate of famed trial lawyer James E. Beasley Sr., his old firm is appealing a decision that its claim against another law firm for alleged abuse of civil process was filed too late.
