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  • Olmeda v. Pachuilo

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0438

    Mother was entitled to primary physical custody of the parties minor children where 50-50 custody arrangement was not viable due to the childrens school commute and mother was more nurturing and attentive, while father was ambivalent to the childrens needs and sometimes abusive. The court ordered shared legal custody, with mother to have primary physical custody.

  • Reed v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 18-0440

    The court properly quashed a subpoena to the opposing partys attorney and imposed sanctions on the attorney who issued the subpoena. Any information possessed by opposing counsel was covered by the attorney-client privilege or was inadmissible hearsay obtained from third parties.

  • In the Interest of B.L.C

    Publication Date: 2017-11-07
    Practice Area: Attorney Rates and Arrangements | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Berks County
    Judge: Judge Lash
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 17-1629

    The court granted a motion to suppress evidence obtained from a checkpoint stop where the commonwealth failed to demonstrate sufficient factual data to support a checkpoint at the site in question, and where the search was not a voluntary, consensual one.