How hard is it to get completely disbarred? Apparently it is really really hard, as this attorney learned when he piled infraction upon infraction but STILL didn’t get tossed from our noble profession. Pennsylvania attorney Christopher Booth kicked off his spree of misbehavior with the usual vague-but-still-problematic neglecting cases and failing to communicate with his…
Kathleen Kane Defense Nets Massive Porn Release
Kathleen Kane (D), the sitting Pennsylvania Attorney General currently under indictment for alleged perjury and other charges, has long said that the source of her legal troubles is the ‘old boy network’ in state government. Her defense to allegations that she leaked secret grand jury testimony can be summed up as this whole thing started…
More Porn on the Way? If Indicted Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane Has Her Way
Brace yourselves, Pennsylvania state employees and judges. If you were part of the chain of pornographic and sexually offensive emails that surfaced last year during part of the Jerry Sandusky investigation launched by then-newly-elected Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D), your emails may soon become very public. Why? As regular readers know, Kane was recently indicted…
District Magistrates Gone Wild: Pennsylvania Edition
It hasn’t been a good summer for Pennsylvania’s public servants. Kathleen Kane, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, has been indicted, charged with multiple offenses including obstruction of justice and official oppression. That hasn’t stopped her from indicting a district magistrate for official oppression and other charges. District Judge Jeffrey Scott Joy of New Freedom, Pennsylvania also faces…
Attorneys General Behaving Badly: Pennsylvania Edition
Kathleen Kane, once favored Democrat rising star and Pennsylvania’s first female elected attorney general, has been criminally charged with a laundry list of offenses related to the operations of her office. The charges include obstruction, official oppression, criminal conspiracy, perjury and false swearing. Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman (R) announced the indictment yesterday morning.…
Offensive Emails: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Nominee Edition
Pennsylvania’s legal community has an email problem. First it was the pornographic emails being swapped between the Attorney General’s Office and other state offices. Then it turned out some of the more offensive files came from none other than a sitting Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice, one Seamus McCaffery, since retired. So you would think that…
Is Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane The Comeback Kid?
The word is out, and without a leak. The investigative grand jury considering whether Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) should face criminal charges has said she should, according to documents released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The released documents do not, however, provide any details on the testimony the grand jury heard. The released…
Kathleen Kane's PA Pileup: Porn, Penn State, Porous Grand Juries, and Possible Charges
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) appears headed for a bad year after having endured a pretty tough 2014. A leak from an investigative grand jury investigating a grand jury leak (yes, that’s right) says the jury has recommended criminal charges against Kane. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, which cited unnamed sources, the investigative grand…
Never Mind The Lawyers – What’s Wrong With The Law In Pennsylvania?
Bitter Lawyer readers have probably been asking themselves what the heck is wrong with lawyers in Pennsylvania. But for now, never mind the lawyers. Let’s ask instead what’s wrong with the law in the Keystone State. As Exhibit A, I submit for you the upcoming criminal murder case against one Gregory R. Graf. Graf stands…
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Open Pennsylvania Government Email
No doubt, you recall our report last month about the intergovernmental porn file swap ring going on in Pennsylvania. Shortly before the mid-term elections, high-level officials with the Tom Corbett (R) administration were forced to explain their part in a massive pornography file swapping scandal. Some resigned or were fired. Others, like now former Pennsylvania…