Samuel C Stretton

December 06, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am representing a lawyer in a cause of action and, to protect my fee, I want to get an interest in the property that is at issue. Can I have the client sign over interest in the property to me?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

March 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am familiar with a case involving gas drilling in Pennsylvania. There is litigation involving the gas drilling before a judge. I discovered that the wife of the judicial officer is active in organizations that oppose drilling and fracking in Pennsylvania, particularly in the township where the issue is being raised. Should the judge recuse himself?

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

July 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

I am a lawyer who employs a paralegal who is a suspended attorney. I want to bill the client for the time.

By Samuel C. Stretton

7 minute read

July 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

I represent an insurance company that has a lien for medical bills on a personal injury case. Can the opposing counsel pay the settlement proceeds to the client and tell the client it is their responsibility to pay the lien without consequences to counsel?

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read

April 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Is it unethical for a judge, in a summary criminal case or a summary traffic case, to acquit someone, even though the judge knows the person is guilty, for the sole reason of exercising some sort of mercy or to give the person a second chance?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

October 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has denied the jury commissioner challenge and many jury commissioner offices have been abolished in Pennsylvania. In what direction is the judiciary going?

By Samuel C. Stretton

11 minute read

April 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read

January 11, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read

May 18, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

With the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, how do criminal defense attorneys fulfill ethical and constitutional obligations to defendants who are not citizens?

By Samuel C. Stretton

9 minute read

December 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a capital murder case, I want to question the jurors during voir dire about my client's four prior robbery convictions. I am doing so because I wish to let the jury know everything, strip the jury down, so I can get a true sense of who will oppose death and who will oppose life. My client is not testifying, so normally his prior robbery convictions would not be admissible. Can I do so?

By Samuel C. Stretton

8 minute read