There will inevitably come a time in your professional career when you’ll find yourself in need of legal guidance. Whether you’re negotiating a contract, bringing on a new partner, facing a tax dispute, or a whole host of other situations, you want to be able to consult with a name you can trust. For our second annual list of Best Attorneys in Business we searched for the legal minds in South Jersey that can be called upon to answer the tough questions. You, their peers, nominated hundreds of names for us to consider, and we could not be more pleased with the resulting list. Here, we present 98 names in 31 categories that you can reach out to when you find yourself in need of a legal shoulder to lean on.
Lloyd Birnbaum
Business Law
Lauletta Birnbaum
During off Hours: What are off hours?
Greatest achievement: Establishing a 16 lawyer boutique business law firm focused on transactional corporate work and business litigation with my partner Frank Lauletta
Free advice: The world of business moves at incredible speed with the advancement of technology. It’s important to your success that you stay one step ahead of your clients to anticipate their needs.
John Eastlack
Land Use Law
Weir & Partners
Charitable work: I have been involved with youth and high school wrestling organizations for 20 years from coaching to fundraising for the most demanding sport for any athlete to compete in. I am a proud member of the Wenonah Riders bike team that has participated for many years in the MS 150 City to Shore Bike ride which raises funds to support the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Greatest achievement: Partnering with my wife to raise two fine sons
Free advice: Always prepare for a case like it is going to trial. If you prepare for a case like it is going to settle, you won’t get the best result for your client if it does resolve, or won’t be prepared well enough for trial if it doesn’t.
Harris Neal Feldman
Labor and Employment
Parker McCay
During off hours: I enjoy family and community activities; travel; home repair and maintenance; the Jersey Shore; watching/suffering through the Phillies; and falling into new experiences.
Greatest achievement: My family
Memorable case: I will never forget my first trial when I was in my mid-20s defending a Fortune 500 company. Opposing counsel had 20-plus years of experience on me, but I was better prepared with the facts and law and my sole company witness, who I qualified as an expert. Winning that defense verdict will stay with me forever.
Julie LaVan
Business Law
LaVan Law
During off hours: I snowboard—25 years snowboarding. I engage my kids with snowboarding and skiing as well.
Greatest achievement: My greatest and most fulfilling achievement was graduating from law school. Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, I never imagined my dream of becoming a lawyer would come true.
Free advice: Stay strong. Fight smart.
Melanie Levan
Real Estate and Land Use
McDowell Posternock Apell & Detrick, P.C.
Charitable work: Since 2012, I’ve been lucky enough to work with a great group of volunteers as a founder and board member of MooreKids Inc., a nonprofit and 501(c)(3) that I co-founded with three other women. Our mission is to make everyday necessities, educational activities and enrichment opportunities accessible to Moorestown’s underserved youth.
During off hours: I teach yoga at Yoga Path Studio in Moorestown.
Greatest achievement: Being invited to be a shareholder in my law firm
Scott H. Marcus
Collection Services—Commercial
Scott H. Marcus & Associates
During off hours: I enjoy reading, golf and time at the beach.
Greatest achievement: Begin¬¬ning at the age of 27 I have built a law practice that I am proud of.
Free Advice: Having litigated cases over 38 years, my best advice is to take the emotions out of the dispute.
Frances McElhill
Charity/Nonprofit Law
Archer Greiner
Charitable work: Apart from serving on nonprofit boards and teaching many start-up nonprofits, I enjoy most the things I do in my neighborhood and community with my children such as helping older neighbors clear snow from their car, working at a homeless feeding program, or stuffing envelopes for a parish event.
During off hours: I am raising two beautiful, smart and kind teenage daughters.
Free advice: Starting a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit is not “brain surgery” but running one successfully is.
Jill Ojserkis
Health Care Law
Cooper Levenson
During off hours: It’s difficult to have off hours with a busy practice and an iPhone. However, I spend time on the beach whenever I can—which is the best part of living and working in the Atlantic City area—and I like to read and travel.
Greatest achievement: Mentoring several lawyers who have since contributed greatly to the profession and the community—and became my clients
Free advice: It’s not enough to work hard and know the law; you must always strive to be a wise advisor to your clients, be practical and take the time to develop personal connections in a professional manner.
Jeffrey A. Segal
Transportation Law
Weber Gallagher
Memorable case: My most recent trial was one where the plaintiff wanted a $1 million settlement. We offered $250,000, and after a one week jury trial, the plaintiff got only $25,000.
During off hours: When I’m not working my time is devoted to my wife and children. I’ll take trips to Indiana University to see my son or go to my daughter’s lacrosse games with my wife. I am also a sports fan and like renting a Saturday night movie with my wife.
Free advice: It isn’t the most original advice, but it is true that hard work almost always pays off. That being said, I like coming to work, getting involved with my cases and helping my clients. It’s not difficult to work hard if you are doing something you want to do.
Catherine M. Ward
Regulatory and Governmental Affairs
Stradley Ronan
Charitable work: Pro bono attorney for Camden Area Health Education Centers Inc., which provides AIDS and other health counseling services in Camden; founder and recent past chair of Sustainable Moorestown; and member of the Moorestown Environmental Advisory Committee.
During off hours: Spending time with family and friends, traveling, driving my Mini Cooper Roadster
Greatest achievement: Attending law school at night while working full time and having our first child, who walked with me at graduation.
Banking & Financial Services
Vincent T. Cieslik
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Eric M. Hurwitz
Stradley Ronon
(856) 321-2406
Paul Mainardi
Brown & Connery
(856) 812-8900
Bankruptcy and Creditor Rights
Michael P. Bonner
Stradley Ronon
(215) 564-8158
Jerrold S. Kulback
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Walter Weir Jr.
Weir & Partners
(215) 241-7751
Business & Banking Litigation
Brett Berman
Fox Rothschild
(609) 896-3600
William A. Nash
Nash Law Firm
(856) 228-2206
Business Law
Lloyd C. Birnbaum
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Andrew P. Chigounis
LaVan Law
(856) 235-4079
Bruce L. Harrison
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Frank A. Lauletta
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Julie LaVan
LaVan Law
(856) 235-4079
John Mattioni
Mattioni Law
(856) 241-9779
Nikitas Moustakas
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Charity/Nonprofit Law
Frances A. McElhill
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Karen A. McGuinness
Brown & Connery
(856) 854-8900
Class Action
Kurt E. Kramer
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Laura D. Ruccolo
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Collection Services—Commercial
Scott H. Marcus
Scott H. Marcus & Associates
(856) 227-0800
Sergio I. Scuteri
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Commercial Litigation
Thomas A. Clark III
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Joseph D. Cronin
The Cronin Firm
(215) 751-9001
Stephen J. DeFeo
Brown & Connery
(856) 854-8900
Robert T. Egan
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Gregory A. Lomax
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Amy L. SantaMaria
Kaplin, Stewart, Meloff, Reiter & Stein
(856) 675-1550
Francesco P. L. Suglia
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Construction Law
Richard Coe
Weir & Partners
(856) 406-4335
Robert J. Incollingo
The Law Office of Robert J. Incollingo
(856) 857-1500
Michael C. Kondrla
LaVan Law
(856) 235-4079
Mark A. Schiavo
Dilworth Paxson
(856) 675-1900
Consumer Protection Law
Dan Posternock
McDowell, Posternock, Apell & Detrick, P.C.
(856) 861-3474
Gregg A. Shivers
Shivers Gosnay & Greatrex, LLC
(856) 616-8080
Contract Law/Negotiation
Michael J. Fekete
Dilworth Paxson
(856) 675-1900
Edward Kelleher
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Alan A. Reuter
Nash Law Firm
(856) 228-2206
Mark G. Schwartz
Cooper Levenson
(609) 572-7466
Corporate Law
Deborah A. Hays
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Eric D. Schoenborn
Stradley Ronon
(856) 321-2413
Cyber Liability/Internet/Computer Law
Randy Ford
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Employment Law
Joseph F. Bouvier
Mattioni Law
(856) 241-9779
Linda A. Galella
Richardson, Galella & Austermuhl
(856) 340-4376
Russell Lichtenstein
Cooper Levenson
(609) 572-7676
Francis X. Manning
Stradley Ronon
(856) 321-2403
William M. Tambussi
Brown & Connery
(856) 854-8900
Environmental Law
Rodd W. Bender
Manko, Gold, Katcher and Fox
(484) 430-2317
Carlos M. Bollar
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Joseph T. Carney
Brown & Connery
(856) 854-8900
Carolyn C. Lindheim
Weir & Partners
(215) 241-7742
Estate Planning, Trusts, Wills
Thomas D. Begley III
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Charles Bratton
Rothamel Bratton
(856) 857-6000
Health Care Administration
William L. Weiner
Duane Morris, LLP
(856) 874-4212
Health Care Law
Lisa Stewart Albright
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Robert J. Fogg
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Jill T. Ojserkis
Cooper Levenson
(609) 572-7514
Insurance—Commercial
Peter S. Bejsiuk, Esq.
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Robert G. Harbeson
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Insurance-Tort Law
Betsy G. Ramos
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Intellectual Property
Mark J. Sever Jr.
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Gregory J. Winsky
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Labor & Employment
Harris Neal Feldman
Parker McCay
(856) 810-5854
Elizabeth M. Garcia
Parker McCay
(856) 985-4038
Adam E. Gersh
Flaster/Greenberg PC
(856) 661-1900
Alaina A. Gregorio
LaVan Law
(856) 235-4079
Land Use Law
Edward “Ted” Brennan
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader
(856) 853-5530
John C. Eastlack
Weir & Partners
(856) 662-1018
Michael Mattioni
Mattioni Law
(856) 241-9779
Joseph M. Nardi III
Brown & Connery
(856) 854-8900
Mergers and Acquisitions
Alan P. Fox
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Barry Kitain
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
Joshua N. Silverstein
Stradley Ronon
(856) 321-2416
Products Liability
Frank D. Allen
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
William J. O'Kane Jr.
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Public Finance
John M. Cantalupo
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Thomas J. Hastie Jr.
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Real Estate & Land Use
Brian J. Duffield
Law Office of Brian J. Duffield
(856) 478-9900
Damien Del Duca
Del Duca Lewis
(856) 427-4200
Rhonda R. Feld
Sherman Silverstein
(856) 662-0700
Melanie M. Levan
McDowell, Posternock, Apell & Detrick, P.C.
(856) 861-3474
George W. Matteo Jr.
Lauletta Birnbaum
(856) 232-1600
David Reinherz
Reinherz Law Offices
(856) 302-3989
John Rothamel
Rothamel Bratton
(856) 857-6000
Regulatory and Governmental Affairs
Louis Cappelli Jr.
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader
(856) 853-5530
William J. Caruso
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
Evan H.C. Crook
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Catherine Ward
Stradley Ronon
(856) 321-2400
Tax and Dispute Resolution
Kevin J. DiMedio
Reger, Rizzo & Darnall LLP
(856) 778-8950
Jane Fearn-Zimmer
Rothkoff Law Group
(856) 616-2923
Gordon F. Moore
Archer & Greiner
(856) 795-2121
William G. Wright
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Transportation
John K. Fiorilla
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Stephen J. Galati
Mattioni Law
(856) 241-9779
Jeffrey A. Segal
Weber Gallagher
(856) 667-9111
Workers’ Compensation
Eugene Mattioni
Mattioni Law
(856) 241-9779
Jeffrey D. Newby
Weber Gallagher
(856) 667-9111
Lora V. Northen
Capehart Scatchard
(856) 234-6800
Karen Vincent
Cooper Levenson
(856) 857-5558
Published (and copyrighted) in South Jersey Biz, Volume 5, Issue 5 (May, 2015).
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