Gina Passarella

September 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a stunning close to a tumultuous chapter in the state Supreme Court's history, Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy told his colleagues in Pittsburgh Monday that he would step down by year's end, according to sources in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.

By Hank Grezlak and Gina Passarella

9 minute read

November 14, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

In dismissing a shareholder derivative suit after a company's special committee investigated the allegations, a Delaware County judge went beyond the principles outlined by the American Law Institute to look at whether an attorney can take the lead in the committee's investigation.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

April 05, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

There is no agency with authority to enforce the installation of an ignition interlock system under the remnants of the old DUI law, Act 63, according to an attorney for a repeat DUI offender.

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

November 09, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Over 800 Asian-American attorneys, judges and law students have arrived in the City of Brotherly Love in a first for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) in terms of location and fund raising.

By Gina Passarella

3 minute read

May 02, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Clifford E. Haines, attorney for former Philadelphia Housing Authority Executive Director Carl Greene, sent letters to five area law firm leaders Friday asking whether they have ever represented Greene in his individual capacity.

By Gina Passarella

5 minute read

April 24, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Candidates from three minor political parties are appealing a decision by Judge John E. Jones III in which he rejected the argument that they face an unfair burden because of the requirement that they obtain more than 67,000 signatures in order to be plac

By Gina Passarella

6 minute read

December 22, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

If you aren't receiving holiday cards from the usual firms this year, chances are it's not that you were cut from the list.

By Gina Passarella

10 minute read

February 09, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last year wasn't a banner one for lateral hire moves. As the economy slowed, so too did the number of partner departures.

By Gina Passarella

13 minute read