Hank Grezlak

July 26, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the pleasures of being the editor-in-chief of a couple of newspapers is getting out and meeting the people we cover and who read us. After all, newspapers are a part of their communities and are meant to serve the people in them.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

February 20, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the Luzerne County judicial scandal continues to unfold, two questions have been bothering me: How did this happen? And how does the judicial system recover?

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

December 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Kingston, Pa., attorney has been identified by sources and court documents as the person who provided Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Toole with "things of value," including free use of a New Jersey beach house, while continuing to litigate cases before the judge.

By Leo Strupczewski And Hank Grezlak

4 minute read

December 12, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Thank God for indicted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. He has actually made Pennsylvania's pay-to-play politics look subtle. I didn't think that was possible.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

May 12, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently signaled that it is going to be taking a much closer look at how trial court judges handle themselves and not hesitate to remove them from cases if there's a question about their impartiality.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

April 25, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a medical malpractice case in which a Superior Court panel ordered a new trial on damages after finding a jury award of $29,207 on the wrongful death claim bore no reasonable relationship to the proven damages.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

September 11, 2009 | Law.com

Two former Luzerne County judges are expected to be arraigned on racketeering and related charges next week, according to a federal magistrate judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The arraignment, scheduled for 10 a.m. Sept. 15, will be the first time Michael T. Conahan and Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. formally stand before a judge in a court of record since they entered conditional guilty pleas in February.

By Leo Strupczewski And Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

March 02, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Today marks, from a structural standpoint, the most significant moment in my nearly 17 years at The Legal Intelligencer: the merger of our two biggest Pennsylvania brands, The Legal and Pennsylvania Law Weekly.

By Hank Grezlak

8 minute read

March 30, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

One compelling question in the wake of the Luzerne County judicial scandal is this: Can Pennsylvania's legal version of Humpty Dumpty be put back together again? That's something the Interbranch Commission on Juvenile Justice is looking to answer, and they only have until May 31 to come up with their suggestions.

By hank grezlak

6 minute read

July 28, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

It appears as if one of Philadelphia's most storied law firms, Wolf Block, will be no more once it merges with Florida-based Akerman Senterfitt. The more cynical legal watchers in town are probably already humming Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."

By Hank Grezlak

5 minute read