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7/20/2021 | Articles & Alerts, Land Use, Zoning & Development

I have represented hundreds of taxpayers over my thirty year career and have had to clean up some messes caused by prior counsel. I thought it might be useful to unveil my shortlist of ten recondite dangers in the assessment appeals process. Assessment appeals require specialized counsel and experts. An inexperienced professional, unschooled in the nuances of the process, can kill a good case. Many assessment appeals are litigated in trial courts where the rules, written and unwritten, differ from […]

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7/1/2021 | Media, News & Resources

Floating Legal Administrative Assistant with Litigation Experience to provide coverage for leaves, vacations, overflow in all firm practice areas. Candidate must have litigation experience, including electronic filing in various courts. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Essential Functions:  Typing: pleadings, transactional documents, correspondence, email. Document Creation […]

7/1/2021 | Media, News & Resources

Part-Time Driver/Courier to work on an as-needed basis. Driver will transport firm personnel and/or clients. Driver will deliver legal documents and files. Majority of trips will originate in Blue Bell, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Non-exempt hourly employee. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Essential Functions: Transports attorney(s) and/or […]

6/3/2021 | Articles & Alerts, Media, News & Resources

Kaplin Stewart is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s lawyers have been named to the 2021 Super Lawyers® List. Super Lawyers is a rating service that uses a meticulous, multi-phase process to select highly acclaimed lawyers in over 70 practice areas. Candidates then go through the “blue ribbon review,” at which point they are ranked by top-rated attorneys.  Super Lawyers provides a diverse list of outstanding attorneys who have been identified as attaining a high degree of peer […]

5/27/2021 | Media, News & Resources

Title and Survey Commercial Real Estate Paralegal: The candidate will be responsible to review and summarize title insurance commitments and underlying exceptions; negotiation of title insurance policies and endorsements; review and understanding of plats and surveys; familiarity with loan documents; review and summarize UCC, judgments, tax, litigation and other lien searches; review of zoning reports. Will perform due diligence for commercial real estate transactions, including researching and retrieving public records, reviewing legal descriptions. Assist in the closing of commercial real […]