Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them? by Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer Co-published with The Philadelphia Inquirer November 9, 2026, 5:00 am

Lawyers in This State Are Allowed to Ghost Clients for Years. Why Don’t More Judges Stop Them? In the year I spent examining Pennsylvania’s troubled legal system, I found that Superior Court judges have blasted lawyers for abandoning clients and judges for mishandling cases. One called a case an “embarrassing saga.” by Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer Co-published with The Philadelphia Inquirer November 9, 2026, 5:00 am https://www.propublica.org/article/post-conviction-legal-system-finley-judges-pennsylvania?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river