Daniel J Siegel

September 03, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Attorney Samuel Stretton's criticism of the proposed amendment to Pennsylvania Rule of Professional Conduct 1.8 to permit lawyers misses the mark," writes Daniel J. Siegel.

By Daniel J. Siegel

3 minute read

August 26, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The bigger question this column raises is whether the words "zeal" and "zealous" have become so synonymous with "scorched earth" tactics that they should no longer be used to describe or defend unprofessional or potentially unethical conduct.

By Daniel J. Siegel

10 minute read

June 24, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The times they are a changing. The world has changed a lot since those days long ago, that is, before the pandemic began and lawyers discovered that they were no longer entering courtrooms and were instead appearing on Zoom, Webex and similar platforms.

By Daniel J. Siegel

10 minute read

April 29, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

There is so much misinformation about paperless offices, what they are and what they are not. While the term "paperless office" connotes a place where there is no paper, and everyone stares constantly at computer monitors, that is not what it is.

By Daniel J. Siegel

11 minute read

February 18, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

People who work with or know me well know that among my all-too-often repeated comments are "Have you read the rules?" or "Have you read the statute?" I ask, however, only when it is clear that their work reveals that they did not bother to read the applicable rules or statutes.

By Daniel J. Siegel

11 minute read

December 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Among an attorney's most important duties is the obligation to safeguard all client and third-party property held in trust. It is an obligation that lawyers learn about in law school, and hear about throughout their careers.

By Daniel J. Siegel

10 minute read

October 22, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawyers interact with each other every day. It is a natural consequence of those interactions that in some instances lawyers develop close relationships with their colleagues. In and of itself that is not a problem.

By Daniel J. Siegel

8 minute read

August 27, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the advent of remote work comes the concomitant increase in the use of conference calls for hearings and other proceedings.

By Daniel J. Siegel

12 minute read

June 25, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

Before COVID-19, how many law firms had a plan in place for responding to an event that would close their offices and most state and federal courts for nearly three months?

By Daniel J. Siegel

11 minute read

April 23, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer

During a pandemic, technology can be an equalizer, or perhaps an advantage, not based upon firm size, but upon a firm's and a lawyer's willingness to recognize that technology is a friend, not the enemy.

By Daniel J. Siegel

10 minute read