Navigating the twists and turns of the country’s legal system can be nearly impossible without the right representation, which is why we’re lucky to have such top-notch lawyers right in our own backyard to help with any legal matter from medical malpractice to workers’ compensation.
We collected votes from hundreds of readers across the area to nail down South Jersey Magazine’s final list of Awesome Attorneys for 2012. The result?
A selection of 185 attorneys in 42 specialties that are going above and beyond to keep South Jersey’s residents and businesses well-protected in the complicated legal world. Read on to meet some of the attorneys featured in this year’s list, followed by our full list for this year. Extended Q&A’s with the attorneys are also available online at SouthJersey.com.
Michael J. Stein
Michael J. Stein, Attorney At Law
Years in Practice: 15
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? Technology and social media and its daily impact on my clients’ needs.
Charles C. Bratton
Rothamel Bratton, LLC
Years in Practice: 11
What’s your proudest career accomplishment thus far? It’s always great to be recognized by your peers, but mine really comes day to day. Meeting with clients to figure out their goals and provide them with a way to achieve those goals provides a great sense of accomplishment.
Judith S. Charny
Charny, Charny & Karpousis, PA
Years in Practice: 28
What’s something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? Learning how to communicate with clients, victims and defendants on a personal level is not even addressed in law school. It is crucial for a good lawyer to be able to understand people and not just the basics of the law. There should be more emphasis on the psychology of being a lawyer.
Peter S. Bejsiuk
Capehart Scatchard
Years in Practice: 33
What’s your favorite ways to unwind from the stresses of the job? My relaxation revolves around family, friends, food and drink. It would be great if every week could be Thanksgiving week!
Michael S. Ringold
Dansky/Katz/Ringold/York
Years in Practice: 22
What’s your proudest career accomplishment thus far? Working with a team of talented lawyers, paralegals, and nurses to build a nursing home litigation team from scratch and make it into a respectful, successful team of talented lawyers, paralegals and nurses who are proud to have respect for our opponents, judges and clients.
Stephanie Zane
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Years in Practice: 12
What’s your proudest career accomplishment thus far? Being named Partner at Archer & Greiner, P.C. before I turned 35 years old.
N. Ryan Trabosh
Trabosh and Trabosh
Years in Practice: 10
What’s something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? That nothing but on-the-job experience can truly teach the skills you need to be a successful attorney.
Amy Goldstein
Capehart & Scatchard
Years in Practice: 30
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? In my field, the biggest challenge is balancing the constrictions of the law with the reality of people’s lives. They don’t always go hand-in-hand.
Benjamin L. Dash
Dash Farrow, LLP
Years in Practice: 11
What’s your favorite ways to unwind from the stresses of the job? As cliché as it might sound, spending time with my family always eases, away the many stresses that come with this profession.
Nancy D. Gold
Charny, Charny & Karpousis, PA
Years in Practice: 36
What’s something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? How to actually practice law—the business of it.
Adam S. Malamut
Liebling Malamut & Sunkett, LLC
Years in Practice: 13
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? Tort reform. The insurance companies have made it very difficult for people who are injured to be justly compensated.
Dawn Kaplan
Weinberg, Kaplan & Smith, P.A.
Years in Practice: 13
What’s your proudest career accomplishment thus far? Starting my own law firm with Amy Smith and Joseph Weinberg— two people who I truly admire and respect as individuals and attorneys.
Julie LaVan
LaVan Law
Years in Practice: 6
What’s something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? The ability to maneuver within the judicial system.
Alan Domers
Domers & Bonamassa
Years in Practice: 39
What’s your proudest career accomplishment thus far? Starting my own law firm 20 years ago and sustaining a law partnership for this period of time.
Robert J. Adinolfi
Adinolfi & Lieberman, PA
Years in Practice: 35
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? The ever-changing economic climate and its impact on my clients and their case issues.
Howard S. Mendelson
Davis & Mendelson, LLC
Years in Practice: 26
What’s your favorite ways to unwind from the stresses of the job? My favorite ways to reduce stress include meditation, prayer, and family time; my wife and I have been blessed with four awesome children, ages 24 to 10. While we certainly sometimes forget, the birthday parties, soccer games, baseball games, camping trips, school plays, graduations, etc. are probably the best stress reducers we have. And that 10-year-old still keeps her old father “young” with lots of “fun stuff.”
Kimberly A. Packman
Adinolfi & Lieberman, PA
Years in Practice: 15
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? Convincing clients that sometimes the best result is the one reached through negotiation and compromise and not based upon the principle of the matter or through a judge’s order.
Harris C. Legome
Legome & Associates, LLC
Years in Practice: 22
Whats something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? That I should have gone to medical school.
Christopher Rade Musulin
Musulin Law Firm
Years in Practice: 24
What’s the biggest challenge you face in your field of law? Finding enough hours in the day to address all the very important and real concerns of my clients who are going through so much change.
Amy Smith
Weinberg, Kaplan & Smith
Years in Practice: 12
What’s something you know now that you wished you learned in law school? How to effectively use the rules of evidence. I did not learn the rules of evidence until I became a prosecutor and began doing jury.
Mark J. Sever Jr.
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Years in Practice: 18
What’s your favorite ways to unwind from the stresses of the job? Stress out instead by watching the Eagles, Phillies, or my beloved Michigan Wolverines, or head down the Shore with my family.
ADOPTION LAW
Donald Cofsky
Haddonfield
(856) 429-5005
Leif M. Nissen
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
APPELLATE LAW
Michael Confusione
Cherry Hill
(800) 790-1550
Sarah Martine
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR-DEBTOR RIGHTS
Chandra M. Arkema
Mount Laurel
(856) 985-4029
Peter S. Bejsiuk
Mount Laurel
(856) 914-2057
Eric J Clayman
Audubon
(856) 546-9696
Adam D. Greenberg
Cherry Hill
(856) 770-0990
Ari D. Linden
Haddonfield
(856) 528-2012
Ellen McDowell
Maple Shade
(856) 482-5544
Stephen M. Packman
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Lee M. Perlman
Cherry Hill
(856) 751-4224
Howard N. Sobel
Voorhees
(856) 424-6400
John A. Underwood
Cherry Hill
(877) 580-2200
Warren Wolf
Cherry Hill
(856) 651-1600
William G. Wright
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
BUSINESS LAW
Thomas D. Begley III
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Richard B. Charny
Mount Laurel
(856) 505-1700
Deborah Hays
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Julie LaVan
Moorestown
(856) 235-4079
Charles L. “Larry” Winne
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
BUSINESS LITIGATION LAW
David R. Dahan
Mount Laurel
(856) 985-4089
Steven J. Fram
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Scott H. Marcus
Turnersville
(856) 227-0800
Lisa Marone
Cherry Hill
(856) 354-9444
Gregory Palakow
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Betsy G. Ramos
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS LAW
Kelly Ann Devery
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Frances McElhill
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
COMPUTER/INTERNET LAW
Joseph A. Martin
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
CONSTRUCTION LAW
Matthew R. Litt
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
William L. Ryan
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
CORPORATE LAW
John M. Devlin
Mount Laurel
(856) 985-4011
Terence J. Fox
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Murray Honig
Cherry Hill
(856) 770-0990
Benjamin A. Levin
Marlton
(856) 355-2910
Charles A. Rizzi Jr.
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Peter R. Spirgel
Cherry Hill
(856) 661-1900
CRIMINAL LAW
Robert N. Agre
Haddonfield
(856) 428-7797
Rocco Cipparone
Haddon Heights
(856) 547-2100
John C. Eastlack Jr.
Cherry Hill
(856) 662-1018
Timothy S. Farrow
Moorestown
(856) 235-8300
Mark A. Fury
Mount Holly
(609) 518-8980
Jeffrey Gold
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-4494
Yaron Helmer
Haddon Heights
(856) 547-7888
Kimberley Kluchnick
Cherry Hill
(856) 429-5507
Vincent P. Sarubbi
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW
Robert J. Adinolfi
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
Philip S. Burnham II
Marlton
(856) 751-5505
Jamie Kull Galemba
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
Nancy D. Gold
Mount Laurel
(856) 505-1700
Ron Graziano
Cherry Hill
(856) 755-9800
Dawn Kaplan
Haddonfield
(856) 795-9400
Ronald G. Lieberman
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
Nickolas Mourtos
Marlton
(856) 797-8700
Kimberly A. Packman
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW
James Conley
Haddon Heights
(856) 547-7888
Megan K. Feehan
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Shira Katz Scanlon
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
Kathleen P. Stockton
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
DWI/DUI TRAFFIC LAW
Samuel Asbell
Cherry Hill
(856) 428-2266
Christopher Baxter
Moorestown
(856) 235-9715
Michelle L. Corea
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
John C. Miller III
Cherry Hill
(856) 429-5507
John S. Sitzler
Hainesport
(609) 267-1101
Alison B. Weinroth-Shaw
Cherry Hill
(856) 429-5507
EDUCATION LAW
Craig D. Becker
Mount Laurel
(856) 273-0200
Joseph F. Betley
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Susan Hodges
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Robert A. Muccilli
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
William E. Sitzler
Mount Holly
(609) 267-8080
ELDER AND DISABILITY LAW
Jerold E. Rothkoff
Cherry Hill
(856) 616-2923
EMPLOYMENT LAW
Arykah A. Trabosh
Cherry Hill
(856) 874-9090
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Robert S. Baranowski Jr.
Marlton
(856) 355-2955
Anthony T. Drollas Jr.
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Christopher R. Gibson
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Richard M. Hluchan
Marlton
(856) 355-2999
ESTATE PLANNING LAW
Michael Bonfrisco
Cherry Hill
(856) 663-3800
Charles C. Bratton II
Haddonfield
(856) 857-6000
Brenda L. Eutsler
Cherry Hill
(856) 428-2266
Douglas A. Fendrick
Voorhees
(856) 489-8388
Phillip Godorov
Mount Laurel
(866) 321-3415
Angela Titus McEwan
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
FAMILY AND MATRIMONIAL LAW
Michael Bonamassa
Marlton
(856) 596-2888
Judith S. Charny
Mount Laurel
(856) 505-1700
Barry Chatzinoff
Cherry Hill
(856) 685-1095
Alan Domers
Marlton
(856) 596-2888
Michelle L. Ferreri
Mount Laurel
(856) 533-2316
Angie Gambone
Woodbury
(856) 251-0800
Amy C. Goldstein
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Lynda L. Hinkle
Blackwood
(856) 227-7888
Lee Hymerling
Haddonfield
(856) 795- 2121
Linda A. Hynes
Marlton
(856) 596-2888
Karen R. Karpousis
Mount Laurel
(856) 505-1700
Jeffrey Alan Kerstetter
Blackwood
(856) 227-7888
Richard Klein
Cherry Hill
(856) 779-8700
Kathryn Laughlin
Mount Laurel
(609) 398-1900
Scott J. Levine
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-2855
Kristin M. Lis
Folsom
(609) 254-9461
Bruce P. Matez
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-3444
Howard S. Mendelson
Voorhees
(856) 627-0100
Melissa L. Mignogna
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Christopher Musulin
Mount Holly
(609) 267-0070
Joy A. Pearson-Schneck
Woodbury
(856) 251-0080
AllynMarie Smedley
Woodbury
(856) 251-0800
Amy Smith
Haddonfield
(856) 795-9400
Michael J. Stein
Moorestown
(856) 642-0400
Devan J. Theiler
Marlton
(856) 797-8700
William Thompson
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Mary Cay Trace
Woodbury
(856) 251-0800
Joseph Weinberg
Haddonfield
(856) 795-9400
Michael Weinberg
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Stephanie J. Zane
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
FEDERAL LAW
Louis F. Hornstine
Marlton
(609) 523-2222
GENERAL PRACTICE
Larry Wohl
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
HEALTH/ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Robert Fogg
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Stephen M. Greenberg
Cherry Hill
(856) 661-1900
IMMIGRATION LAW
Shereen C. Chen
Marlton
(856) 355-2988
Scott C. Elwell
Haddon Heights
(856) 547-7888
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Patricia L. Dee
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Mark Sever
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW
Michael H. Berg
Woodbury
(856) 251-0080
Erica Domingo
Cherry Hill
(856) 354-9444
Peter L. Frattarelli
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Michael J. Wietrzychowski
Cherry Hill
(856) 482-5222
LAND USE LAW
Robert Bucknam
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Kevin D. Sheehan
Mount Laurel
(856) 985-4020
LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAW
George Saponaro
Mount Holly
(609) 518-1256
MALPRACTICE LAW
Michael S. Berger
Haddonfield
(856) 795-1444
Ben Folkman
Cherry Hill
(856) 354-9444
Richard Grungo Jr.
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Christopher J. Hoare
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Bruce Zamost
Mount Laurel
(856) 222-0111
MEDIATION
Steven J. Blumenthal
Voorhees
(856) 809-1235
Robert G. Harbeson
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Bruce L. Harrison
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Daniel Posternock
Moorestown
(856) 642-6445
Joseph Testa
Haddonfield
(856) 428-8334
MUNICIPAL LAW
Brian E. Jacobs
Turnersville
(856) 232-7000
Carmen Saginario Jr.
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
NURSING HOME LAW
Tommie Ann Gibney
Haddonfield
(856) 795-1444
Saul Gruber
Mount Laurel
(856) 596-4100
Michael S. Ringold
Marlton
(856) 489-1515
PATENT AND COPYRIGHT LAW
Y. Jae Kim
Voorhees
(856) 520-8991
Carlo Scaramella
Marlton
(856) 914-0114
Gregory J. Winsky
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
PERSONAL INJURY LAW
Kenneth Andres
Haddonfield
(856) 795-1444
Kenneth R. Austin
Haddon Heights
(856) 546-8430
Richard P. Console Jr.
Marlton
(866) 778-5500
Michael S. Dansky
Marlton
(856) 489-1515
Stephen DeNittis
Marlton
(856) 797-9951
John M. Dodig
Cinnaminson
(609) 922-2133
Richard J. Hollawell
Marlton
(866) 778-5500
Harris Legome
Haddonfield
(856) 429-2200
Steven Petrillo
Pennsauken
(856) 486-4343
Scott Liebling
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
N. Ryan Trabosh
Laurel Springs
(856) 228-3200
Bruce Wallace
Haddonfield
(856) 428-5500
PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAW
Stephen J. Alexander
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
William J. O’Kane Jr.
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
REAL ESTATE LAW
Christopher Chiacchio
Cherry Hill
(856) 482-1081
Benjamin Dash
Moorestown
856-235-8300
Vincent D’Elia
Marlton
856-797-9777
Alan P. Fox
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Jeffery Gordon
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Gary L. Green
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
William F. Hyland Jr.
Marlton
(856) 355-2911
John D. Rothamel
Haddonfield
(856) 857-6000
Mark D. Shapiro
Marlton
(856) 355-2929
SECURITIES LAW
James Carll
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Richard J. Nocella
Marlton
(856) 985-8072
SOCIAL SECURITY/ UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION LAW
Elizabeth Berenato
Burlington
(609) 386-2633
David S. Bross
Cherry Hill
(856) 795-8880
Eric A. Shore
Cherry Hill
(856) 761-1222
TAX LAW
Sarah B. Haley
Mount Laurel
(856) 533-2286
Helene R. Leone
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Gordon Moore
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Mitchell Rabil
Riverton
(856) 786-5264
Harvey N. Shapiro
Marlton
(856) 355-2990
TRANSPORTATION LAW
John K. Fiorilla
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
TRIAL LAW
Adam S. Malamut
Cherry Hill
(856) 424-1808
WILLS, ESTATES & TRUSTS
Frank Demmerly
Haddonfield
(856) 795-2121
Yasmeen Khaleel
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
Stephen T. Fannon
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Jordan B. Goldberg
Cherry Hill
(856) 651-1600
Prudence M. Higbee
Mount Laurel
(856) 234-6800
Bruce Zeidman
Haddonfield
(856) 429-5005
Published (and copyrighted) in South Jersey Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 9 (December, 2012).
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