Firm News

Carmen Saginario was invited to speak at the Annual Fall Conference of the Government Finance Officers Association of New Jersey.  The conference will take place at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City from September 24^th through September 27^th.

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that for the second year in a row Shareholder, Gina M. Zippilli, Esq., was named in the top 5% among America’s Most Honored Professionals.

“America’s Most Honored” is a recognition program created by the American Registry to honor those professionals who have been publicly recognized for professional excellence by trade groups, peers, clients and the press. This accomplishment is realized by only the Top 5% of American Professionals.

In addition to this most recent honor, Gina has been recognized as a Top Attorney by SJ Magazine since 2014; a Top Attorney Industry Icon; Rising Star; and a New Leader of the Bar.

In addition to being the firm’s PIP expert, Gina focuses her practice in civil litigation matters involving, among other things, UM/UIM actions; bad faith claims; personal injury; and tort defense.   Her client base is mainly devoted to insurance carriers and national corporations.   She also has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, premises liability and legal malpractice.

James Clancy was the recipient of the 20^th Annual Blaine E. Capehart Legal Writing Award, presented at the law firm of Capehart Scatchard on May 14^th.  The award recipient will graduate from Rutgers Law School in Camden on May 23, 2019.

The Mt. Laurel-based firm presented Mr. Clancy with a $2,500 award in recognition of his exemplary legal writing and research abilities.  The Firm offers this award to a graduating Rutgers law student on an annual basis in honor of the late Blaine E. Capehart.

Kelly Ann Dugan, Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Real Estate and Land Use Group, presented this year’s award.  Ms. Dugan reminded the audience that this was the 20^th Anniversary of the Blaine E. Capehart Legal Writing Award presentation to a Rutgers Camden Law Student, evidence of the strong and long standing partnership the firm shares with the Law School.  In particular, Ms. Dugan spoke about the firm’s desire to honor accomplishment as the core value espoused by our founding partner Blaine Capehart: excellence in the practice of law, with an emphasis on high caliber legal writing.  She commended this year’s recipient, James Clancy, for the exemplary skill in both legal research and legal writing demonstrated in his work.  Ms. Dugan concluded by stating that, “No matter what the changes and developments in the legal profession may be, excellent communication skills, including excellent writing skills, will always be essential to a successful legal career.”