Burlington County Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee

On February 28, 2024, Capehart Scatchard associate, Ryan R. Solcum, Esq., served as the moderator for a remote CLE hosted by the Burlington County Bar Association’s (BCBA’s) Young Lawyers Committee. Mr. Slocum serves as a Young Lawyer Trustee of the BCBA

The CLE, entitled “Animal Abuse Laws,” featured a discussion on the development of animal rights and abuse laws in New Jersey. Assistant Burlington County Prosecutor Nicole Handy addressed the current law and the process of prosecuting animal abuse charges. Brian Hackett from the Associated Humane Society spoke on his work on recent legislation in New Jersey to protect animal rights, pending legislation, and areas of the law that may require changing in the future.

Mr. Slocum, an associate in the Workers’ Compensation Department, earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in Camden and a B.A. degree in English from Rutgers University.  Upon law school graduation, he worked as a law clerk to the Honorable John J. Burke, III in the Superior Court of New Jersey.  He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Capehart Scatchard is pleased to announce that Workers’ Compensation Shareholder, Ashley T. Mollenthiel Fiore, Esq., and Commercial Litigation Associate, Stacey R. Gorin, Esq.,  served on a Burlington County Bar Association Young Lawyers Committee (“BCBA YLC”) panel receiving recognition from the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (“ABA YLD”).

The BCBA YLC was selected as one of the ABA YLD’s Spring 2021 Stars of the Quarter for its Young Lawyer/Law Clerk Q&A panel program. This event was created while recognizing that the Burlington County Judge’s law clerks have had an unconventional year. The law clerks were able to ask questions about small and large law firm application and interviewing processes, what it’s like to be a first year associate, and ways to effectively network during the pandemic. The ABA YLD recognized the Committee’s outside of the box thinking and conformity to the needs of young lawyers during this unprecedented year.

Ms. Gorin is a Trustee of the BCBA.  She earned her J.D. from Rutgers Law School in Camden, a M.A. in Professional and Business Communication from La Salle University, and a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Saint Joseph’s University.  Upon law school graduation, she worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard J. Nocella, P.J.F.P. in Burlington County.  She is admitted to practice law in New Jersey.

Ms. Mollenthiel Fiore focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation defense matters.  Prior to joining Capehart Scatchard, she served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Francis J. Orlando, Assignment Judge Civil Division. Ms. Mollenthiel Fiore serves on Capehart Scatchard’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee.