Attorney Ellen Brotman

Attorney Ethics and Disciplinary Defense

Ellen Brotman, Attorney at Law, represents lawyers and firms who have received allegations of professional misconduct from clients, opposing counsel or the Disciplinary Board. We have decades of experience handling the following:

• Investigations by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel into potential violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct
• Responding to Complaints and Petitions for Discipline
• Conducting Hearings before the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Negotiating Discipline on Consent

• Reinstatement of suspended and disbarred lawyers from disciplinary or administrative suspension
• IOLTA audits and Pennsylvania Lawyers’ Client Security Fund issues
• CLE and Registration issues

Attorney and Law Firm Representation

Ellen Brotman, Attorney at Law, provides counseling to lawyers and law firms dealing with professional life cycle events:

• Law firm formation
• Law firm dissolution and merger
• Conflicts and client management in lateral transitions and departures
• On-boarding of recent law graduates

Ethics and Professional Responsibility Counseling

Ellen Brotman, Attorney at Law, provides ethics advice to attorneys in the private and public sphere, in-house counsel, and law firms of any size. Ellen can provide ethics opinions that address past, present or future scenarios and can assist with the following:

• Ethics opinions for use internally or in litigation on compliance with Rules of Professional Conduct
• Website design, advertising and social media issues.
• Expert testimony on professional responsibility matters and ethics