Hank Grezlak

February 08, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Judicial Conduct Board must turn over an anonymous complaint filed against a former Luzerne County judge to an interbranch investigative body but may keep the documents related to its investigation into that judge confidential, a sharply divided state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Leo Strupczewski and Hank Grezlak

8 minute read

September 14, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Now that Ronald Castille will be taking over as chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, it's worth taking a look at his dissent in a recent gaming case, The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board v. City Council of Philadelphia.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

September 24, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

I'll admit that ever since the public decided to take a flame-thrower to certain elements of Pennsylvania's government in the wake of the pay-raise fiasco, I've often been amused, and in some cases downright pleased, to see various politicians and judges forced to realize that they are essentially public employees who actually serve at the discretion of the people.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

March 09, 2010 | Law.com

Despite receiving four complaints since 2004 against former Luzerne County, Pa., Judge Michael Conahan, who is facing federal racketeering charges, the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board never investigated any of them, it has admitted in writing. And in a startling revelation, the board's chief counsel, Joseph Massa, said that, not only did the board fail to refer a detailed 2006 complaint to the U.S. Attorney's Office, he didn't turn it over to investigators until nearly 18 months later, in April 2008.

By Leo Strupczewski and Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

May 30, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Death is a coward. He only comes for the good and the brave and the strong when they aren�t expecting it or when they have been weakened by his henchmen, illnesses like cancer.

By Hank Grezlak

8 minute read

March 29, 2006 | Law.com

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has thrown out sanctions in the amount of $52,000 leveled at a defense attorney whose reference during a medical malpractice trial's opening arguments to expert testimony already barred by the trial court resulted in a mistrial. The panel ruled that while a mistrial was necessary because of the lawyer's comments, the judge's orders weren't specific enough to warrant sanctions.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

April 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

An old mentor of mine used to preach: "Perceptions matter." If that's true, then Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, which has already been busy the past year dodging numerous bullets, will have its hands full now that two of Justice Joan Orie Melvin's sisters have been indicted.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

June 01, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Federal investigators in the Luzerne County judicial corruption probe are said to be looking at whether two indicted former judges may have helped fix criminal cases, sources have told The Legal .

By Hank Grezlak and Leo Strupczewski

15 minute read

May 07, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Even before the public dust-up with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald D. Castille, Duquesne Law School professor Bruce Ledewitz was a lightning rod in the legal community.

By Hank Grezlak

7 minute read

March 16, 2009 | Law.com

Federal investigators have subpoenaed at least one insurance company to testify about uninsured/underinsured motorist arbitrations in Luzerne and Lackawanna, Pa., counties before a grand jury, indicating for the first time that the corruption probe has expanded geographically. The investigators' move comes on the heels of a report in a local newspaper that ties an attorney, whose name has turned up in an examination of allegations of case fixing, to a Luzerne County judge.

By Leo Strupczewski and Hank Grezlak

11 minute read