Publications

2025

• “Lawyers: Uncle Sam Needs You” — Co-Author with Jules Epstein and Amy J. Coco, Legal Intelligencer, March 2025
• “Some New Twists and Old Tricks for an Ethical New Year” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, January 2025

2024

• “Using Generative AI: As the ABA Says, There’s a Rule (or Two!) for That!” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, August 2024
• “What Must Lawyers Do to Protect the Rule of Law?” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2024
• “Disciplinary Docket: Trends for 2024” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, January 2024

2023

• “For Love or Money: Disciplinary Board Proposes Expansion of ‘Sexual Relations’ Definition” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, October 2023
• “Yikes! ABA’s Latest Ethics Opinion Prohibits Nonrefundable Fees: Does It Change Things in Pa.?” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, July 2023
• “Jump Into the Pool: Representing Multiple Witnesses in an Investigation” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 8, Issue 1, March 2023
• “An Unscientific Analysis: Who Gets Disciplined and Why?” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2023

2022

• “New Year’s Resolutions for an Ethical and Happy 2023” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2022
• “The Importance of Private Discipline and Confidentiality in the Regulation of Attorneys” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2022
• “Counseling Clients After ‘Dobbs’: Is It Legal Advice or Aiding and Abetting?” — Co-Author with Ellen Yaroshefsky, Legal Intelligencer, July 2022
• “ODC v Lynch: Why We Need a Rule of Professional Conduct that Prohibits Discrimination” — Co-Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2022
• “Symposium: Pennsylvania Lawyers Behaving Badly: Is 8.4(g) A Solution?” — Co-Author, 50 Hofstra L. Rev. 521 (2022)

2021

• “Risky Business: A Refresher” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 6, Issue 4, December 2021
• “2021 In Review: The Year In Ethics Opinions” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, November 2021
• “Preventive Medicine Is the Best Kind: Preparing for 2022 Now” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, November 2021
• “The Ethical Obligation to Protect Your Client’s Information From Cyber-Attack” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 6, Issue 3, September 2021
• “Laterals on the Move: There’s A Rule For That!” — Co-Author, Legal Intelligencer, August 2021
• “Are You Committing the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Your Kitchen?” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2021

2020

• “When the Client Doesn’t Hire You: Is There a Conflict?” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 5, Issue 4, December 2020
• “When Morality Transcends the Law: Is the Death Penalty the Ultimate Test” — Co-Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2020
• “Calm is Overrated – We Need to Take a Stand Now” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, October 2020
• “Ethical Succession Planning for Solo Firms: Exit Stage Right” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 5, Issue 2, May 2020
• “Keep Calm and Carry On: Ethics in a Time of Stress” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2020

2019

• “Risky Business: Fee Agreements, Bank Accounts and Record Keeping Requirements Under the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 4, Issue 4, December 2019
• “Tis The Season To Extend A Hand to Your Fellow Professional” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, November 2019
• “Pa. Supreme Court Gets Serious About Attorney Work Product Privilege” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, July 2019
• “Haters Gonna Hate: Ethically Responding to Negative On-Line Reviews” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 4, Issue 2, May 2019
• “Process, Procedure and Prosecutorial Misconduct in Stacy Parks Miller Case” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2019
• “Ethics Corner Cyber-Ethics: Recent Guidance on Pitfalls of Technology” — Author, For The Defense, Vol. 3, Issue 4, December 2018

2018 and Earlier

• “The Trump-Manafort Joint Defense Agreement – Urban Legend or Reality” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2018
• “Perils of Joint Representation: Takeaways From the Cynthia Baldwin Matter” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, November 2018
• “Advice For The President’s New Lawyer: There’s A Rule For That” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, June 2018
• “A Spring Crop of Ethics Issues in Trump’s World” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, March 2018
• “Professional Conduct: Close the Curtain on 2016” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2016
• “The Prosecutor’s Duty to Disclose Favorable Evidence: Giving RPC 3.8 Muscle” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, November 2016
• “NY In-State Office Requirement for Nonresident Lawyers” — Co-Author, Legal Intelligencer, June 2016
• “New Year’s Resolutions for a Happy Practice in 2016” — Author, Legal Intelligencer, December 2015
• “Dealing with the Press in High-Profile Cases: How to Neutralize the 13th Juror” — Author, ABA Litigation, Vol. 41, No. 4, Summer 2015
• “Strict Vicarious Criminal Liability for Corporations and Corporate Executives” — Co-Author, American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 51, 2014
• “Make Probation a Real Option at Sentencing” — Author, 23 Fed. Sent’g Rep. 257 (2011)