June 7, 2011 – Burns White LLC’s White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group Chair Stephen S. Stallings is quoted extensively in a June 7 Legal Intelligencer article analyzing the potential jail sentences for former judges Mark A. Ciavarella and Michael T. Conahan.
A federal jury found Ciavarella guilty of 12 of 39 counts of corruption filed against him. Conahan pleaded guilty to one racketeering charge.
Stallings, who is also a former federal prosecutor in Pittsburgh and Miami, said the sentencing guidelines for Ciavarella could be higher than those for Conahan.
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