Chris Mondics covers legal affairs for The Inquirer as a member of the business news staff. Before joining the business department in April 2007, he was a Washington correspondent for The Inquirer, covering the impeachment of President Clinton, the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, the 9/11 attacks and the 9/11 Commission investigation. He also has covered the global pharmaceuticals industry, and was The Inquirer’s investigative reporter on the 2000 presidential race.
Before joining the Washington bureau, Mondics was The Inquirer’s bureau chief in Trenton, where he covered Gov. Christie Whitman and other political leaders.
Email Chris at cmondics@phillynews.com
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Former U.S. prosecutor now on the defense side in federal probe
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As a former assistant U.S. attorney in Philadelphia, Michael A. Schwartz was acutely aware of the enormous power a prosecutor wields. But it wasn't until he left the Justice Department and became a white-collar defense lawyer that he truly grasped how a government case can take a terribly wrong turn.
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Villanova's unseemly silence over law-school scandal
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As scams target elderly, legal niche booms
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The ins and outs of law-firm mergers
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How an estate was pilfered
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