No matter the size of your business or the industry you’re in, having a keen legal mind on your side is always an asset. And, thanks to some help from our readers, we’re proud to present this year’s picks for South Jersey’s Leading Business Attorneys, 59 highly regarded professionals and advocates who are as dedicated to their clients as they are to the legal services sector.
BANKING AND FINANCE
Michelle Badolato
Cherry Hill
Vincent T. Cieslik
Capehart Scatchard
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Capehart.com
Cieslik is co-chair of Capehart Scatchard’s Business Litigation Group and a shareholder in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Healthcare Groups. He represents individuals, small businesses, not-for-profits and large corporations in complicated and often high-risk litigation. His areas of expertise include commercial litigation, health care law and estate law.
BANKRUPTCY
Harry J. Giacometti
Cherry Hill
Ellen McDowell
Maple Shade
Lee Perlman
Cherry Hill
Joel Spivack
Cherry Hill
BUSINESS LAW
Ronald Cappuccio
Cappuccio Law
Cherry Hill
(856) 665-2121
TaxEsq.com
From IRS audits and levies to business issues to estate planning, Cappuccio is here to help his clients move their organizations purposely forward for maximum return. He’s provided sound counsel and advice, legal representation and proactive advocacy for more than four decades.
Robert Salad
Atlantic City
Jacqueline Vigilante
Mullica Hill
BUSINESS AND TAX PLANNING
Yasmeen S. Khaleel
Capehart Scatchard
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Capehart.com
Khaleel is an exectutive committee member and chairs Chapehart Scatchard's Business & Tax and Trusts & Estates groups. She represents clients in the areas of business succession planning, estate planning, estate and trust administration, transcational and tax planning.
CANNABIS LAW
William Caruso
Voorhees
Susan S. Hodges
Mount Laurel
Sheila Mints
Capehard Scatchard
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Capehart.com
As chair of Capehart Scatchard's Cannabis Law Group, Mints focueses her practice in cannabus law and policy, regulatory compliancee and how this new, highly regulated industry intersects business, real estate, government, social justice and public policy.
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Samuel B. Fineman
Cohen Fineman
Cherry Hill
(856) 304-0699
CohenFineman.com
Cohen Fineman, LLC, is a full-service law firm, providing stellar representation to business
clients, ranging from banks to internet start-ups. We are hands-on and comfortable in all facets of business, including formation, intellectual property, taxation, employment, real estate and litigation.
Amy L. Santamaria
Cherry Hill
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION
Katherine Tenzinger
Weber Gallagher
Philadelphia
(267) 765-4138
WGLaw.com
Tenzinger defends commercial transportation companies, their insurers, drivers and brokers in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She represents national motor carriers and their drivers in the full spectrum of possible liability claims from the trucking industry.
CONSTRUCTION LAW
J. Philip Kirchner
Cherry Hill
CORPORATE LAW
Rebecca Boudwin
Mount Laurel
Patrick J. Hughes
Cherry Hill
Brian McGovern
Voorhees
Nikitas Moustakas
Moustakas Nelson
Haddonfield
(856) 772-7801
MNLawLLC.com
Nikitas "Nick" Moustakas, Esq., is the managing partner of Moustakas Nelson, LLC, where he focuses on corporate and business representation. Moustakas is a dealmaker who assists clients in negotiating and bringing deals to the closing table.
ESTATES & TRUST
Thomas D. Begley III
Cherry Hill
Tara Hagopian Zane
Voorhees
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Anne Cantwell
Moorestown
Rosemary J. Loverdi
Cherry Hill
GAMING
Adam Berger
Cherry Hill
Frank A. DiGiacomo
Cherry Hill
Peter D. Visalli
Cherry Hill
IMMIGRATION LAW
Shereen C. Chen
Marlton
Manuela Morais
Moorestown
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Kerri E. Chewning
Voorhees
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Sadayah DuRant-Brown
Genova Burns
Newark
(973) 533-0777
GenovaBurns.com
Associate DuRant-Brown is part of the midsize firm’s Labor Group. She aims to deliver the wide range of services and success typical of a large law office while providing her clients with the personal attention of a smaller boutique firm.
Maggie McHugh
Malamut Law
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
MalamutLaw.com
Providing labor counsel to government entities and other businesses, Partner Maggie McHugh litigates employment matters and advises her clients on policy and legislative updates within the ever-changing landscape of employment law.
A. Nicole Stover
Cherry Hill
LAND & USE DEVELOPMENT
Jennifer Johnson
Cherry Hill
Joseph W. Weill
Mount Laurel
LITIGATION
Daniella Gordon
Philadelphia
Betsy G. Ramos
Capehart Scatchard
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Capehart.com
Ramos is an executive committee member and co-chair of Capehart Scatchard’s Litigation
Group. She has over 30 years’ experience handling numerous litigation matters, including tort defense, insurance coverage, Tort Claims Act and civil rights defense, as well as business, employment, construction, estate and general litigation. Ramos is also a mediator in NJ civil lawsuit cases.
Jeffrey P. Resnick
Moorestown
Ahmed M. Soliman
Cherry Hill
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Vincent A. Vietti
Princeton
PUBLIC FINANCE
Tom Hastie
Malamut Law
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
MalamutLaw.com
Hastie practices in the area of public finance law, project financing and redevelopment. He is a frequent lecturer on public finance and redevelopment for leading professional organizations in New Jersey.
REAL ESTATE LAW
Jeffrey S. Beenstock
Mount Laurel
Lloyd C. Birnbaum
Lauletta Birnbaum
Sewell
(856) 232-1600
Lauletta.com
Birnbaum is a real estate and corporate attorney with more than 30 years of experience. He also serves as outside general counsel to many small and middle-market companies looking at their legal issues through the eyes of a business client.
Georgette A. Miller
Cherry Hill
John Rothamel
Haddonfield
REGULATORY AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
Anthony Drollas
Malamut Law
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
MalamutLaw.com
Government Affairs Attorney Anthony Drollas has over 30 years’ experience representing
public- and private-sector clients in environmental and land use matters, as general counsel, and in federal and state litigation and administrative proceedings.
TAX LAW
Brittany A. Bonetti
Atlantic City/Cherry Hill
John Michael Devlin
Mount Laurel
Kevin Dimedio
Haddonfield
Barry Yellin
Yellin Lawyers
Marlton
(856) 309-0090
YellinLawyers.com
With a unique background in accounting, business and law, Yellin’s experience is invaluable in navigating the more sophisticated aspects of tax, business and individual planning, as well as in working with CPAs, public accountants and other financial and insurance experts to form a strong advisory team for clients.
TECHNOLOGY
Randy Ford
Lauletta Birnbaum
Sewell
(856) 232-1600
Lauletta.com
Ford represents small to middle-market companies with respect to a variety of matters including technology, software and cybersecurity. He also supports his firm’s outside general counsel model with a broad range of services integral to a client’s long-term success.
Douglas Nelson
Moustakas Nelson
Haddonfield
(856) 772-7801
MNLawLLC.com
Douglas M. Nelson, Esq., is a founding partner of Moustakas Nelson LLC, where he counsels startups, entrepreneurs, and established businesses in a variety of transactional business, corporate, and securities matters, primarily in the technology, manufacturing and health care sectors.
TRADEMARKS
Frank Lauletta
Lauletta Birnbaum
Sewell
(856) 232-1600
Lauletta.com
With his broad legal experience, executive-level background, and relationships in the legal, venture capital and high-tech communities, Lauletta serves as general counsel to multiple companies. He specializes in shareholder matters, financing, M&A, technology, contract negotiation and other corporate transactions.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Michael P. Aloi
Cherry Hill/Medford
Brian Budic
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli & Tipton
Cherry Hill
(856) 853-5530
FlorioLaw.com
A partner with the firm, Budic focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, family law and workers’ compensation. He is well-known for finding creative solutions to help his clients reach favorable outcomes.
Charles Coant
Vineland
Michele Haas
Malamut Law
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
MalamutLaw.com
Haas is an experienced attorney representing public and private entities in workers’ compensation defense. She is certified as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney and is the vice chair of the NJSBA’s Workers’ Compensation Committee.
Jeffrey Newby|
Weber Gallagher
Mount Laurel
(856) 667-5804
WGLaw.com
Newby manages both large- and small-scale New Jersey workers’ compensation programs for a range of national and regional clients while developing creative and innovative solutions to high claims volume, exposure reduction and catastrophic workers' compensation matters.
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