Firm News

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Shareholder Nikitas Moustakas, Esq. will be sworn in on June 7, 2013 as a Trustee of the Burlington County Bar Association at the Installation Dinner Dance to be held at the Laurel Creek Country Club in Mount Laurel. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Scott J. Endlein, Esq. has recently joined the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department in its Mt. Laurel office.

Mr. Endlein, a Lansdale, Pennsylvania resident, represents insurance carriers and employers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims at all stages of litigation. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard Executive Committee Member Betsy G. Ramos, Esq. recently spoke on “Agreements to Protect Your Business” at a recent seminar sponsored by the High Technology Business and Life Science Incubators at Burlington County College. In her presentation, Ms. Ramos addressed the use of non-compete, confidentiality and invention agreements. Additionally, she discussed the protection of trade secrets. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard Shareholder, Thomas A. Clark, Esq. recently co-moderated the “Business Law 101: Entity Selection, Formation, Organization, Governance” seminar sponsored by the Burlington County Bar Association and held at the County Office Building in Mount Holly, NJ. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard Shareholder Amy C. Goldstein, Esq. was featured in a May 1, 2013 Burlington County Times article entitled “Mount Laurel Attorney Weighs in on Alimony Reform.” (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard school lawyers, Joseph F. Betley and Robert A. Muccilli recently spoke at the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials Annual Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mr. Betley and Mr. Muccilli spoke on the topic of “Collective Bargaining Issues.” Their presentation focused on data regarding recent settlements in New Jersey and strategies for successfully negotiating a labor agreement. (more…)

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Sanmathi (Sanu) Dev, Esq. has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment and School Law Departments and Nicholas A. Dibble, Esq. has joined the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department. Both attorneys are based in the Mount Laurel office. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Nancy J. Johnson, Esq. has recently joined the Firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department as a Shareholder in its Mt. Laurel office. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard Labor Group attorneys, Ralph R. Smith, 3rd and Laurel B. Peltzman recently spoke at a Lorman Education Services seminar on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. (more…)

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Norfolk Southern has selected Capehart Scatchard as a “Go To Law Firm®” in a recent survey of the Top 500 U.S. Companies by Corporate Counsel® magazine. Norfolk Southern named Capehart Scatchard as an outside law firm to which they turn to for assistance in the area of Litigation.

The survey, administered by American Lawyer Media, allowed Fortune 500 General Counsel to identify Go To Law Firms in seven different practice areas that include Litigation, Corporate Transactions/Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Canada, International and Securities.

Capehart Scatchard’s Transportation Group has been providing comprehensive legal services to management at all levels of Class I, Class II and Short Line railroads across the United States and in Canada. The Group represents railroads in the areas of real estate, environmental and commercial issues, railroad safety regulations, safety performance standards, prosecution of loss and damage claims and highway-rail grade crossing safety issues.

The Transportation Group is headed by veteran railroad counsel, John K. Fiorilla, and includes attorneys Peter Bejsiuk, Betsy Ramos, Mary Ellen Schetter, Robert Muccilli, Alan Fox, Michelle Corea and the recent addition of Christopher Hoare, with paralegals Patricia Beringer and Beverly Bogdan.

Mr. Fiorilla, a Cinnaminson resident, focuses his practice in the railroad industry. For more than twenty five years he has been helping to create and present railroad management policy and positions with diversified management and litigation experience as both in-house counsel and local counsel for Class I, Class II, and Short Line Railroads. He has specific experience in presenting finance, real estate, operations, engineering, government affairs, and customer service positions.

Among his professional activities, Mr. Fiorilla is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; the American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association; the Association of Transportation Professionals; the Conference of Freight Counsel and the New Jersey State ( Federal Practice and Procedure Section) Bar Association.

A resident of Robbinsville, Mr. Hoare recently joined Capehart Scatchard as a Shareholder. He focuses his practice in railroad litigation. For over 16 years, he has represented Class I and short line railroads in cases involving FELA, grade crossing collisions, trespasser fatalities, construction accidents, passenger injuries, collections, property damage, and other matters. Prior to his admission to the bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 1992, Mr. Hoare was employed as an Amtrak senior claims agent for six years. He is also admitted to the bar in the state of New York (2007).

Mr. Hoare received his law degree from Seton Hall University and his B.A. degree from Rutgers University. After college, he worked for the engineering departments of Conrail and Amtrak for five years before becoming a claims agent in Amtrak’s Law Department for six years. He is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (NARTC).