P.j. D'annunzio

May 04, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Some, however, still feel Schwager should face discipline for the conduct, which they see as not just allegedly patronizing prostitution, but blindsiding the state's legal community by agreeing to ascend to one of the most prominent positions for attorneys in the state while knowing that a potential prostitution charge was pending.

By Max Mitchell and P.J. D'Annunzio

6 minute read

May 03, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that poorly lit areas of state-owned properties create an exception to sovereign immunity from lawsuits as they constitute "dangerous property conditions."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

April 29, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Previously, the state Superior Court held that a Lehigh County trial judge did not provide sufficient legal reasoning to support his decision that the search of a vehicle based on marijuana odor did not amount to probable cause.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

April 28, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a statement released Tuesday, the bar association said, "While the charge is troubling, every person accused of a crime is considered innocent until proven guilty, and we have confidence in the operation of our justice system."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

2 minute read

April 27, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"I'm not saying I'm perfect or anyone else is perfect but I would like Judge Younge to analyze her conscience and really apologize to these people," one lawyer said. "She shouldn't sit in judgment of anyone."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

April 26, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

"People would ask me what I wanted to do after I was DA," Williams said. "I didn't even want to keep doing to what I was doing. People don't understand what's involved with the politics of Philadelphia. If I had to do it all again I'd be a high school history teacher."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

8 minute read

April 23, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

At a sanctions hearing Friday before the Court of Judicial Discipline, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Lyris Younge testified that she had "clearly made wrong decisions" during her time presiding over Family Court cases but assured the court that she has since "grown as a jurist."

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read

April 21, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Erie County President Judge John Trucilla wrote that Erie County Judge Stephanie Domitrovich gave the impression that she was the "personal judge" for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which was represented by her son, Aaron Susmarski.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

2 minute read

April 19, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A special needs student who claimed he was injured when staff at his school dragged him down a hallway has sued the school district in federal court.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

3 minute read

April 16, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ruled that because a candidate for union office in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 did not first allow the union to complete an internal investigation into alleged intimidation of candidates, part of the secretary of labor's lawsuit against the union had to be dismissed.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

4 minute read