Legal Ethics Blog
Insights on attorney discipline, professional responsibility, and legal ethics in our nation.
Risky Business: Fee Agreements, Bank Accounts and Record Keeping Requirements Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct or What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You
March 28, 2020
Sleepless nights are a criminal defense attorney’s lot in life, full of worry about all the things that can and…’Tis the Season—To Extend a Hand to Your Fellow Professional
December 6, 2019
Attorneys experience problematic drinking, drug use and mental health distress at a higher rate than other professionals. As the holiday…Pa. Supreme Court Gets Serious About Attorney Work Product Privilege
July 18, 2019
At least once or twice a day, after I press the “send” button, I get a panicky feeling that I’ve…Process, Procedure and Prosecutorial Misconduct in Stacy Parks Miller Case
March 24, 2019
On Feb. 8, former Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller was suspended from the practice of law for one…The Trump-Manafort Joint Defense Agreement: Urban Legend or Reality?
December 10, 2018
Let’s start here: the government begins a grand jury investigation of an organization, say a political campaign. Certain campaign employees…Perils of Joint Representation: Takeaways From the Cynthia Baldwin Matter
December 1, 2018
Conflicts and confidences are the ethical tripwires of our profession. What may seem like a reasonable assumption about the alignment…Advice for the President’s New Lawyer: There’s a Rule for That
June 21, 2018
As lawyers watching the spectacle of the investigations surrounding the Trump administration, we get to sit in the good seats.…
A Spring Crop of Ethics Issues in Trump’s World
April 9, 2018
Despite appearances, it’s spring and Donald Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen have provided us with a brand new crop…Did the President’s Lawyer Cover Up his Client’s Cover-up?
December 6, 2017
If you are interested in ethics, white collar crime, and the way they overlap, Christmas has come early this year. …The President Has Your Back: Is That A Conflict?
November 2, 2017
On Oct. 21, there was a news report that President Donald Trump would be personally providing a legal defense fund…
