Awards & Honors

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Laurel B. Peltzman, Esq. and Samantha J. Vander Wielen, Esq. are recipients of the New Jersey Law Journal’s 2016 New Leaders of the Bar award.

The New Jersey Law Journal presents the prestigious New Leaders of the Bar award on an annual basis to a select group of New Jersey attorneys under the age of 40. Criteria for the selection of these rising stars include demonstrated leadership qualities, expertise in litigation, charitable volunteer work and other factors that exemplify the ways that these attorneys stand out among their peers. A seven-judge panel reviews all nominations from the State and narrows their list down to reflect only those attorneys that exhibited the qualities and experience that make each of them a 2016 New Leader.

Ms. Peltzman, a Cherry Hill resident, focuses her practice in the representation of public and private sector employers in the areas of labor and employment matters. She regularly represents public and private sector clients in labor and employment litigation and provides employers with advice regarding various employment-related matters. She also provides training seminars for employers and their employees on many different topics, including appropriate behavior in the workplace. Ms. Peltzman is a member of the New Jersey, Camden County and Burlington County Bar Associations.  Additionally, she is a member of Philadelphia’s Regional Chapter of the Society of Human Resources Management.

Ms. Vander Wielen, a Burlington County resident, focuses her practice in general litigation throughout the federal and state courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania with a concentration on insurance defense and business matters. She has successfully represented clients in all aspects of litigation in cases involving construction, products and premises liability, business and contract disputes, restrictive covenants, property subrogation and personal injury.  She has extensive experience representing both national and international businesses and corporations in commercial litigation matters involving contract, employment, proprietary information and business disputes.  Ms. Vander Wielen also counsels and advises businesses on these issues in order to avoid litigation.  Ms. Vander Wielen is currently the 2015-2017 Young Lawyer Trustee of the Burlington County Bar Association.

WorkersCompensation.com has named the New Jersey Workers’ Comp Blog, http://www.njworkerscompblog.com/, published by John Geaney, Esq. as one of its “Best Blogs” for 2016 in the category of Regional/State Specific blogs.

The winnings blogs were all nominated by citizens of the workers’ compensation community. They were judged on several criteria. In addition to objective categories such as age of blog, frequency of posting and website traffic, they were also assessed by an independent judging panel for content quality, value and timeliness.  The winning blogs were culled from the more than 50 nominated in more than 200 individual entries.

Mt. Laurel, NJ – – Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that the following shareholders have recently been named “Super Lawyers” as voted by their peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly: John Geaney (Workers’ Compensation), Amy Goldstein (Family Law), Nikitas Moustakas (Business/Corporate), Lora Northen (Workers’ Compensation), and Betsy Ramos (Business Litigation). Fewer than 5% of lawyers are named as Super Lawyers.

Additionally, Michael Bileci (Workers’ Compensation), Anne Hammill-Pasqua (Workers’ Compensation), Melissa Mignogna (Family Law), Laurel Peltzman (Employment Litigation: Defense), Daniel Robinson (Workers’ Compensation), Joseph Zakhary (General Litigation) and Ian Zolty (Workers’ Compensation) were selected as “New Jersey Rising Stars” for 2014.

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that twenty-nine attorneys were recently named to the list of “Awesome Attorneys” as voted by readers of South Jersey Magazine.  Hundreds of residents from across the area took part in the voting and selection process of the 235 attorneys who were given this title.

The twenty-nine Capehart Scatchard named to the “Awesome Attorneys” list are:  Stephen J. Alexander, Thomas D. Begley, III, Peter S. Bejsiuk, Joseph F. Betley, Thomas A. Clark, Michelle L. Corea, Patricia L. Dee, Kelly Ann Devery, Anthony T. Drollas, Jr., Stephen T. Fannon, John K. Fiorilla, Alan P. Fox, Amy C. Goldstein, Bruce L. Harrison, Prudence M. Higbee, Christopher J. Hoare, Yasmeen S. Khaleel, Kurt E. Kramer, Matthew R. Litt, Melissa L. Mignogna, Nikitas Moustakas, Robert A. Muccilli, Betsy G. Ramos, Charles A. Rizzi, Jr., Carmen Saginario Jr., Christina M. Adinolfi Shea, Ralph R. Smith, 3^rd, Charles L. (Larry) Winne and William Wright.