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Ben Seal

Ben Seal

Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.

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November 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Says Senate Committee Lacks Inquiry Authority

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has told the Pennsylvania Senate committee established to determine whether she can still carry out the duties of her office that it lacks the authority to inquire into her actions.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 06, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Says Senate Committee Lacks Inquiry Authority

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has told the Pennsylvania Senate committee established to determine whether she can still carry out the duties of her office that it lacks the authority to inquire into her actions.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rules on Sandusky Motion After Kane's Testimony

After weeks of making noise about the actions of various state officials, Attorney General Kathleen Kane came and went silently from the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg on Thursday. She had been ordered there to testify about a statement she made last week accusing the judge who oversaw the grand jury that investigated convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky of colluding to leak secret information to the press.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Elephant in the Room: Pa. Judicial Race a GOP Failure?

In Tuesday's statewide judicial elections, the three Democratic candidates for Supreme Court won handily, leading several political observers to scrutinize a seeming lack of effort and poor strategy on the part of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.

By Lizzy McLellan, Ben Seal and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Rules on Sandusky Motion After Kane's Testimony

After weeks of making noise about the actions of various state officials, Attorney General Kathleen Kane came and went silently from the Pennsylvania Judicial Center in Harrisburg on Thursday. She had been ordered there to testify about a statement she made last week accusing the judge who oversaw the grand jury that investigated convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky of colluding to leak secret information to the press.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 05, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Elephant in the Room: Pa. Judicial Race a GOP Failure?

In Tuesday's statewide judicial elections, the three Democratic candidates for Supreme Court won handily, leading several political observers to scrutinize a seeming lack of effort and poor strategy on the part of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.

By Lizzy McLellan, Ben Seal and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Ordered to Testify in Sandusky Appeal

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has been ordered to appear Thursday in court to submit to questioning by defense counsel for convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky over a statement she made accusing the judge who oversaw the grand jury that investigated Sandusky of colluding to leak secret information to the press.

By Ben Seal

2 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Money Propels Democrats to Supreme Court Sweep

In what some have said was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, all three Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania Supreme Court emerged with comfortable victories in the general election Tuesday, results that political observers said were spurred on by disproportionate fundraising and strong turnout in Philadelphia and Allegheny County.

By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal

6 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Ordered to Testify in Sandusky Appeal

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has been ordered to appear Thursday in court to submit to questioning by defense counsel for convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky over a statement she made accusing the judge who oversaw the grand jury that investigated Sandusky of colluding to leak secret information to the press.

By Ben Seal

2 minute read

November 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Money Propels Democrats to Supreme Court Sweep

In what some have said was the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history, all three Democratic candidates for Pennsylvania Supreme Court emerged with comfortable victories in the general election Tuesday, results that political observers said were spurred on by disproportionate fundraising and strong turnout in Philadelphia and Allegheny County.

By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal

6 minute read