We have been representing public entities in many roles and in many different practice areas, including as solicitor, labor counsel, special counsel on environmental issues, land use matters, tort & civil rights defense litigation, and workers’ compensation matters. Through our extensive experience, our firm has developed an appreciation of the challenges that are faced by government entities and their governing bodies, and the immunities available to governmental entities. We also understand the unique opportunities and limitations that exist in the various statutes under which local governments operate, such as the Local Budget Law, the Local Public Contracts Law, the Local Land and Buildings Law, the Municipal and County Utilities Authority Law, and the Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law. We also understand the fiscal responsibilities that government entities bear and the need to present creative solutions to the legal issues with which government entities are faced. With our extensive local and regional government client base, our attorneys remain current in the legal issues that affect and impact local governments. Our firm is committed to representing government entities and to providing superior legal services to all of our local government clients.
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Legal Services
Capehart Scatchard’s Public Entity defense attorneys have extensive trial experience representing public entities in the following areas:
- Title 59
- Tort Claims Defense/Litigation
- Law Enforcement
- Excessive Force
- False Arrest
- Civil Rights Violations
- Other Personal Injury Claims
- Construction Matters and Bid Disputes
- Section 1983 Actions and NJCRA Claims
- Governmental Immunity
- Constitutional Violations
- Contract Disputes
- Discrimination Claims and Employment Issues
- General Commercial Litigation
- Liability and Insurance Coverage
- Toxic Torts
- Wright litigation
- Workers’ Compensation
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Practice Highlights
- Regularly defend municipalities in their Title 59 tort claims liability matters – particularly, premises liability and automobile accident cases
- Represented prosecutor’s offices in Wright litigation
- Represent public entities including police departments, townships, county jail and prosecutor’s office in civil rights claims, and section 1983 violations
- Handle liability defense of numerous matters for governmental entities (such as Burlington County, Professional Municipal Management Joint Insurance Fund (PMMJIF), Burlington County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (BurlcoJIF), Somerset County Joint Insurance Fund (SCJIF), and Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF)) involving successful motions for summary judgment, settlements, arbitrations, and/or trials
- Handle wrongful death lawsuits against public entities
- Represent public schools in contract laws (including bidding litigation)
- Counsel public entities, such as school boards, in OPRA and OPMA matters
- Represent educational institutions in employment matters and employment litigation