May 20, 2019
People in the News
The Legal Intelligencer – Powered by LAW.COM – By Aleeza Furman
The Charles P. Gelso President’s Award Presented to Ellen C. Brotman
On April 26th, 2019 Philadelphia attorney, Ellen C. Brotman was honored to receive The Charles P. Gelso President’s Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The President’s Award is presented to a PACDL member in special appreciation of outstanding contributions to the Association. The award recipient is chosen by the President. Ms. Brotman is a board member of PACDL and serves on the Publications, Amicus, and Lawyers’ Assistance Committee. She is also co-chair of PACDL’s CLE Committee. This past year, Ms. Brotman drafted two resolutions for the Board: one condemning the treatment of immigrants at our southern border, and one reaffirming the Board’s commitment to the Association’s core value of diversity in membership, programming and advocacy. She also co-authored PACDL’s amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the death penalty case of Commonwealth v. Parrish with Philadelphia lawyer and Common Pleas Court candidate, Henry J. Sias. Ms. Brotman is the Founder and owner of BrotmanLaw; her practice focuses on professional responsibility, ethics and criminal defense.
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May 2, 2019
Law360’s Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
The Third Circuit in a precedential opinion Friday ruled that a Pennsylvania federal judge overstepped her bounds in voiding all cash advance agreements between class members in the NFL’s landmark 2015 concussion suit and litigation funding companies, handing a victory to the funding companies’ attorneys at Fox Rothschild LLP, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, BrotmanLaw and Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young. RD Legal is represented by David K. Willingham, Michael D. Roth and Jeffrey M. Hammer of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Ellen C. Brotman of BrotmanLaw.
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April 26, 2019
3rd Circ. Partially Revives NFL Concussion Funding Dispute
BrotmanLaw was proud to participate in a recent win in the Third Circuit with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP in a fascinating case relating to the authority of district court judges in class action suits.
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March 5-6, 2019
Ellen C Brotman of BrotmanLaw attended the 2019 WWCDA Annual Attorney Meeting which was a big success! More than 200 members from the U.S. and multiple other countries attended the day and a half event. The Windsor Court Hotel provided a beautiful backdrop to the meeting and the Mardi Gras festivities were an extra bonus.
The plenary session kicked off with members of the WWCDA leadership describing the organization’s accomplishments over the past year as well as previewing the exciting upcoming events for 2019, such as the First Annual Awards Gala Dinner scheduled for December 3, 2019 in the Washington, DC area.
Following the business meeting, the members learned business development and networking tips from Debra Baker, Managing Director of GrowthPlay. The day ended with the always-popular networking cocktail reception and dinner. Deborah Harris, Chief of the Environmental Crimes Division at the Department of Justice was the dinner speaker. She provided an informative update on the initiatives and current policies of the department.
The meeting concluded on Wednesday morning with a lively and thought-provoking panel discussion with U.S. District Court Judge Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana, Madeleine Landrieu, Dean of the Loyola School of New Orleans School of Law, P.K. Scheerle, CEO/Chair of the Board of GIFTED Healthcare, and Lisa Diaz, Associate General Counsel of Litigation, Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement at Northern Trust.
The attendees left with new skills, new friends, and goals for the upcoming year. The next Annual Meeting will be in San Diego, CA on March 10-11, 2020.
February 22, 2019
Ellen C Brotman of BrotmanLaw co-presented with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young partner Michael J. Engle at the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ DUI and Motor Vehicle Law Summit in Hershey.
Their presentation, titled “Stay in Your Lane: Ethics Hypos for the Criminal Defense Lawyer,” focused on a variety of timely hypothetical situations implicating several key professional conduct issues including the duty of confidentiality, third party payment arrangements and advice on how to effectively handle issues arising from joint defense agreements.
December 13, 2018
Ellen C. Brotman and Michael J. Engle, Esq. presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Their presentation was titled “Criminal Defense and Ethics – There’s A Rule For That”.
Michael J. Engle is Chair, White-Collar Defense, Internal Investigations & Corporate Compliance at Stradley Ronon.
December 13, 2018
Ellen C. Brotman and Michael J. Engle, Esq. presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. Their presentation was titled “Criminal Defense and Ethics – There’s A Rule For That”.
Michael J. Engle is Chair, White-Collar Defense, Internal Investigations & Corporate Compliance at Stradley Ronon.
December 12, 2018
People in the News
The Legal Intelligencer – Powered by LAW.COM – By Alexa Woronowicz
Ellen C. Brotman and Margaret Cassidy presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Business Law Institute. Their topic was “Managing Government and Internal Investigations.”
Brotman is founder and owner of BrotmanLaw. Her practice focuses on the areas of professional responsibility and ethics, criminal defense, and appellate advocacy.
She has defended a variety of high-profile criminal cases, including political and public corruption, securities fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, currency structuring and other white-collar crimes involving complex trial, sentencing and appellate issues.
Cassidy is the founder and owner of Cassidy Law. Cassidy advises businesses on ethics and compliance requirements and represents businesses and individuals facing civil or criminal investigations or audits when working with the federal government or doing business internationally.
Reprinted with permission from the December 12, 2018 issue of The Legal Inteligencer. © 2018 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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December 10, 2018
The Trump-Manafort Joint Defense Agreement: Urban Legend or Reality?
What is a JDA? What protections does it provide to its members? What Rules of Professional Conduct govern it? How is the JDA affected by the subsequent cooperation of one of its members?
Reprinted with permission from the December 10, 2018 issue of The Legal Intelligencer. © 2018 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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December 5, 2018
Judge: Attorney representing grandmother charged in fatal crash disqualified due to conflict
Ellen C. Brotman quoted.
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December 4, 2018
New U.S. attorney has bold plans for white-collar prosecutions
Philadelphia Business Journal – By Jeff Blumenthal
Ellen C. Brotman quoted.
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November 7, 2018
Perils of Joint Representation: Takeaways From the Cynthia Baldwin Matter
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June 18, 2018
People in the News – BrotmanLaw
The Legal Intelligencer – Powered by LAW.COM – By Victoria Hudgins
Ellen C. Brotman of BrotmanLaw participated in a panel at a Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board training for hearing committee members on June 7. Brotman and her co-panelist, Raymond Wierciszewski, chief counsel for District II of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, presented on the topic of “Aggravation and Mitigation in Attorney Discipline.” Brotman’s practice focuses on the areas of criminal defense, appellate advocacy and professional responsibility and ethics.
Reprinted with permission from the June 18, 2018 issue of The Legal Inteligencer. © 2018 ALM Media Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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