Marianna Wharry

December 03, 2021 | Law.com

In the lawsuit, Willard Masters III sought approximately $14 million in damages against Graybar Electric, alleging he had been exposed to asbestos in his work for the company beginning in 1970.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

December 02, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

The incident resulting in the lawyer's suspension and subsequent disbarment from both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars involved the use of a client's money to support his gambling habit.

By Marianna Wharry

6 minute read

November 30, 2021 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reinstated a manicurist's hostile work environment claim against Wynn Las Vegas resort, following several other circuits' holdings that such a claim can stem from an employer's response to unwanted sexual advances by a third party toward an employee.

By Marianna Wharry

6 minute read

November 29, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Complaints against him included failure to disburse funds from a $15,000 settlement that was later completed by his successor; failing to distribute IOLTA funds of varying amounts; and failure to disperse all of the funds from several settlements ranging in size from a few thousand to a couple of hundred thousand dollars.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

November 29, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

A Brick Township man and his wife agreed to settle their Ocean County lawsuit, Topinka v. Estate of Horan, following a 2015 motor vehicle collision…

By Marianna Wharry

5 minute read

November 29, 2021 | Law.com

How much lawyering is too much lawyering? A Twitter thread that went viral last week began with a cautionary tale about how even very good lawyers can go overboard without proper guidance from their clients.

By Marianna Wharry

4 minute read

November 24, 2021 | Law.com

"In reviewing the record before us, we find no mitigation," the Disciplinary Board for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania wrote.

By Marianna Wharry

9 minute read

November 19, 2021 | Law.com

A federal jury convicted a former West Virginia police officer in Charleston for using excessive force against an arrestee Thursday. The jury heard…

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

November 18, 2021 | Law.com

A viral Reddit thread on substance abuse in the legal profession began Tuesday with a simple question from an undergraduate student considering law school: "Any practicing lawyers here that still smoke weed?"

By Marianna Wharry

3 minute read

November 18, 2021 | New Jersey Law Journal

A pedestrian who suffered a traumatic brain injury after he was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus has accepted $2 million to settle his Essex County…

By Charles Toutant | Marianna Wharry

4 minute read