“Please have your approved treatment provider send a written statement authorizing your return to practice and contact me for permission before you begin or return to work in your profession.“Every day I receive calls from professionals with different contacts from Pennsylvania’s Department of State licensing boards. One consistent question I am asked pertains to the…

This blog shall focus on two recent Commonwealth Court cases involving professionals who did not retain counsel and sought to handle their disciplinary cases pro se. Unfortunately, each professional had a fool for a client and lost their case. The moral is make sure you retain competent counsel to help explain the legal consequences of…

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued two important evidentiary decisions this week. The first decision focuses on the admissibility of drug evidence discovered after a warrantless automobile search. The second decision focuses on the admissibility of statements and other evidence gathered when police, with owner authority, listen in on drug transaction cell phone conversations.The car search…