News Release

Capehart Scatchard Lawyers Recognized As Super Lawyers

Mt. Laurel, NJ - - Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that the following shareholders were recently selected to be included in the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel edition as voted by their peers: Lora V. Northen, John H. Geaney and Robert J. Hagerty.

The focus of the Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel edition is the top attorneys in the areas of employment litigation defense, labor & employment, employee benefits/ERISA, workers' compensation and immigration. The magazine will be distributed to over 25,000 Corporate Counsel and CEOs of the top private and publicly held companies in the country.

In addition to her responsibilities as Co-Chair of the Workers' Compensation Department, Ms. Northen, a Pennsauken resident, focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers. Certified as a trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Workers' Compensation Law, Ms. Northen is a member of the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Burlington County and Camden County Bar Associations, and before the United States Supreme Court. She is a frequent speaker on workers' compensation issues before a myriad of trade organizations.

As member of the Firm's executive committee, Mr. Geaney, a resident of Moorestown, is the author of Geaney's New Jersey Workers' Compensation Manual and A Guide to Employment Issues Under the ADA & FMLA co-distributed by the Firm and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Certified as a trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in Workers' Compensation Law, Mr. Geaney concentrates his practice in the representation of employers in workers' compensation defense matters, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

In addition to his responsibilities as Chair of Capehart Scatchard's Labor & Employment and Environmental/OSHA Groups, Mr. Hagerty, a Moorestown resident, concentrates his practice in employment law and routinely represents employers before state and federal courts, and administrative agencies in the defense of harassment, discrimination, wrongful discharge, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, trade secret, and whistleblower matters.

Among his professional activities, Mr. Hagerty is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States, and is an "AV" attorney rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management and the Tri-State Human Resource Management Association. He served as the Chair of the South Jersey Branch of the Reitman Employment Inn of Court for the 1997-1999 and 1999-2001 terms. He received the David Solomon Award in the 1997-1999 Term. He currently serves as Treasurer for the Inn.