Month: January 2017

Since Birchfield v. N. Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160, 2173, 2185, 195 L. Ed. 2d 560 (2016), the Pennsylvania Supreme court has swiftly moved to invigorate and buttress Pennsylvania civil liberties and motor vehicle drivers' privacy rights.  On July 19, 2017, in Commonwealth...

Board authority to  compel a mental and physical examination("MPE")  is pursuant to 63 P. S. § 2205(D)(1).  The purpose of the evaluation is to determine whether, under 63 P. S. 224(a)(2) for nurses, a licensee is unable to practice their...

Blogs..... what is the purpose?  To inform the public of the legal issues in my practice area practice;  to have potential clients become informed consumers of the legal issues which are going to affect their licenses; to confirm I am the correct attorney to...

In preparation for every hearing, I review case law discussing the relevant legal issues.  One such recurrent topic is unprofessional or immoral conduct.  This the vague Pandora's box of behavior upon with both license revocation and denial may be...

My law practice focuses on defending professional licensee disciplinary actions based upon criminal convictions, professional competence, and/or drug and alcohol addiction and professional impairment. I write blogs about Pennsylvania professional licensing...