Samuel C Stretton

January 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am a lawyer who went on inactive status. Now, I wish to be reinstated, but I have to file a reinstatement petition because three years have passed since my inactive status. Is there anything I should know about applying for reinstatement from inactive status or administrative suspension?

By Samuel C. Stretton

10 minute read

January 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

I represent a client in a domestic case and the attorney for the other side and his client have threatened to take serious action against my client and his family if they do not agree to the proposed settlement in the domestic matter. Is this ethical?

By Samuel C. Stretton

6 minute read

December 29, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

I have settled a major civil suit with a number of parties and as part of the agreements, I have included a provision in there that the clients have a choice of taking the monies and paying liens and doctors' bills, or I will hold the monies in an interest-bearing escrow account, and pay the liens and doctors' bills once they are fully ascertained. Is there anything wrong with that?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

December 22, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

I have a very active practice representing defendants in personal injury cases. I tried to register for a seminar that was being presented by an organization that is run by plaintiffs lawyers and I was barred from attending this seminar. Is that permissible?

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read

December 15, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

I attended a CLE seminar recently and I was surprised by the use of obscenities by many of the speakers, both male and females. The "f" word was liberally used and so was the "s" word. Is that unethical?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

December 08, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Should the monthly reconciliation provisions of Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15 and Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement 221 be rescinded?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

December 01, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

I attended a CLE seminar recently where lawyers were discussing facts and the law on a pending criminal case. That case was on appeal and the other case had come back for a retrial. Are there concerns about doing this?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

November 23, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

When trying a high-profile case in federal court, in terms of pretrial publicity, is there a different standard in federal court from the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Responsibility on pretrial publicity?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

November 17, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

What is one area where you see many lawyers not properly following the Rules of Professional Conduct, or misunderstanding a particular section?

By Samuel C. Stretton

10 minute read

November 10, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a courtroom, can I address a judge by their last name?

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read