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Teen Charged in Pittsburgh Law Student’s Robbery and Murder

A teen has been charged in the murder of University of Pittsburgh law student James Wallmuth III, shot and killed while talking on his cell phone Wednesday night on a park bench outside a bar in York, Pa. Charging documents say the youth, 15-year-old Jordan Michael Wallick, bragged about being…

Aug 2, 2010 3:19 PM CDT

Pittsburgh Law Student Shot and Killed While Talking on Phone Outside Bar

A University of Pittsburgh law student was shot and killed Wednesday night while talking on his cell phone on a park bench outside a bar in York, Pa. The victim, 28-year-old James Wallmuth, had worked as a summer associate with York lawyer John Hamme and would have been a 2L…

Jul 29, 2010 4:15 PM CDT

Lawyer in School Webcam Spy Case Wants $418K in Legal Fees Now as Case Continues

A lawyer representing a teenage high school student and his family in a would-be class action over alleged illegal spying via school-district-issued laptop computer webcams says he can ill afford to continue with the high-profile civil rights case without being paid. But because a federal judge has ordered the Lower…

Jul 27, 2010 4:57 PM CDT

2-Month Hiatus for ‘Socially Inept’ Judge re Conduct ‘Akin to Stalking’

A 51-year-old Pennsylvania judge who was so clueless with women that he didn’t realize his repeated calls and unannounced visits to the homes and offices of female attorneys might be unwelcome has been suspended without pay for two months. Described by his own lawyer as “socially inept and challenged with…

Jul 20, 2010 10:28 PM CDT

Law Firm Partner May Not Sue for Sex Discrimination, 3rd Circuit Rules

A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a sex discrimination suit filed by a partner in a Pennsylvania law firm, holding that she does not qualify as an employee who is covered by discrimination laws. The court ruled against Alyson Kirleis, a shareholder and director with Pittsburgh law…

Jul 20, 2010 12:22 PM CDT

Civil Case Turns Criminal as Lawyer Allegedly Punches Lawyer Who Called Him Stupid, Bald

A 46-year-old Philadelphia area lawyer was briefly jailed and manacled last week after allegedly punching an opposing counsel who reportedly called him stupid, bald and an unprintable word. Authorities said the Thursday incident, which was captured on a surveillance camera at the Lackawanna County Courthouse, showed 46-year-old Michael Rauch throwing…

Jul 19, 2010 7:41 PM CDT

Pit Bull Beats Rap; Choppers Don’t Match Bite Marks on Pop Singer

Add another case to the annals of criminal charges pursued in a potential death-penalty matter over a bad eyewitness identification. Apparently persuaded by a veterinarian’s testimony that the bit marks on pop singer Vanessa Carlton’s leg didn’t match a local pit bull’s choppers, a Pennsylvania district court judge held that…

Jul 12, 2010 7:56 PM CDT

Woman, 91, Can Keep Exhumed Bodies at Home If She Builds a Crypt, DA Says

Faced with an unusual situation, a Pennsylvania prosecutor is offering an unusual solution. Jean Stevens, 91, who apparently persuaded an unidentified individual to exhume the bodies of two close relatives so she could talk with them as they lay on sofas at her home in rural Wyalusing Township, can get…

Jul 6, 2010 10:52 PM CDT

DA Mounts Sewer Grate Rescue to Save Ducklings

A Pennsylvania district attorney led a sewer grate rescue on Sunday to save seven baby ducklings. Stacy Parks Miller, the DA for Centre County, got involved when she was driving past a country club and noticed a frantic-looking duck, the Centre Daily Times reports. Upon closer inspection, she noticed the…

Jun 30, 2010 4:18 PM CDT

‘Ungainly’ Phillie Phanatic Bumps into Lawsuits

The Phillie Phanatic’s Supreme Court connections haven’t spared the lovable baseball icon from becoming perhaps the most sued mascot in the majors. The Philadelphia Daily News calls the Phanatic a “big green litigation machine” and details the latest lawsuit, filed by a woman who claims the mascot injured her knees…

Jun 30, 2010 3:34 PM CDT

Incoming White & Williams Chair Is a ‘Lifer’ Who Plans to Work on Firm ‘PR Issue’

An insurance coverage partner who has spent his entire career working at White & Williams will soon be the midsize Philadelphia-based law firm’s new chairman and managing partner. “Lifer” Guy Cellucci, 56, will take over the helm in October from George Hartnett, who is required to step down from management…

Jun 25, 2010 5:39 PM CDT

Ex-Office Manager Gets House Arrest for Stealing $75K from Law Firm Trust Account

Depressed over her financial problems, a longtime paralegal at a Pennsylvania law firm turned to gambling in an attempt to make ends meet. That resulted in a gambling addiction that drove office manager Dolores Ann Seber to steal more than $75,000 from the trust account of Byrne Neyhart and Higgins,…

Jun 18, 2010 6:08 PM CDT

Judge Nixes Murder Defendant’s Efforts to Fire Counsel, Excludes Him From His Own Trial

Unhappy with the court-appointed defense lawyers in his capital murder case, Eric DeShann Floyd told a Pennsylvania judge Monday that he’d rather be executed than continue with his current attorneys. But Common Pleas Court Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes rejected Floyd’s request to fire his lawyers and let him represent himself,…

Jun 9, 2010 5:36 PM CDT

Ballard Spahr Bill Near $750K in Ongoing School Laptop Webcam Case

Legal fees charged by Ballard Spahr and a computer forensic expert the law firm retained are nearing $750,000 in a four-month-old matter concerning a school district’s controversial remote activation of webcams on the laptop computers it issued to students. A lawyer for the plaintiffs in a federal class action seeking…

Jun 8, 2010 2:44 PM CDT

Ex-BigLaw Attorneys Profit at Smaller Firm via Flexible Fees & Eat-What-You-Kill Comp

A willingness to be flexible about hourly billing rates and an eat-what-you-kill compensation structure has proven profitable for former BigLaw attorneys now practicing in the “Philadelphia” office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka. The office, which actually is located in Conshohocken, Pa., in the Philadelphia suburbs, resulted from a parting of the ways…

Jun 7, 2010 6:12 PM CDT

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Teen Charged in Pittsburgh Law Student’s Robbery and Murder

Pittsburgh Law Student Shot and Killed While Talking on Phone Outside Bar

Lawyer in School Webcam Spy Case Wants $418K in Legal Fees Now as Case Continues

2-Month Hiatus for ‘Socially Inept’ Judge re Conduct ‘Akin to Stalking’

Law Firm Partner May Not Sue for Sex Discrimination, 3rd Circuit Rules

Civil Case Turns Criminal as Lawyer Allegedly Punches Lawyer Who Called Him Stupid, Bald

Pit Bull Beats Rap; Choppers Don’t Match Bite Marks on Pop Singer

Woman, 91, Can Keep Exhumed Bodies at Home If She Builds a Crypt, DA Says

DA Mounts Sewer Grate Rescue to Save Ducklings

‘Ungainly’ Phillie Phanatic Bumps into Lawsuits

Incoming White & Williams Chair Is a ‘Lifer’ Who Plans to Work on Firm ‘PR Issue’

Ex-Office Manager Gets House Arrest for Stealing $75K from Law Firm Trust Account

Judge Nixes Murder Defendant’s Efforts to Fire Counsel, Excludes Him From His Own Trial

Ballard Spahr Bill Near $750K in Ongoing School Laptop Webcam Case

Ex-BigLaw Attorneys Profit at Smaller Firm via Flexible Fees & Eat-What-You-Kill Comp

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