I have a hearing in a federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to reinstate my law license. Do I need counsel since I have already been readmitted in Pennsylvania?

Samuel C. Stretton. Samuel C. Stretton.

If the question was asked 20 to 25 years ago, the answer would have been probably not. In those days, unless someone did something horrible in the interim, if one was reinstated by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, they were routinely reinstated in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania unless there were some other issues.

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