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Kaplin Stewart is Pleased to Announce Our 2023 Super Lawyers®!

5/24/2023 | Articles & Alerts, General, Media, News & Resources

Kaplin Stewart is pleased to announce that nine of the firm’s lawyers have been named to the 2023 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. Super Lawyers provides a diverse list of outstanding attorneys who have been identified as attaining a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. No more than five percent of the lawyers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are selected […]

Confession of Judgment Clause

5/22/2023 | Articles & Alerts, General

A confession of judgment clause, sometimes also known as a cognovit clause or warrant of attorney to confess judgment, is a contractual provision that permits a party to a commercial lease or other commercial contract to skip the entire litigation process and proceed directly to obtaining a judgment against the other party without any pre-judgment opportunity to be heard by the court. A confession of judgment clause can permit a judgment for possession of real property or money damages, or […]


Related Practices: Litigation and Appellate Practice, Commercial Leasing, Contract Review

Roman’s Oldest Zoning Law

10/11/2022 | Articles & Alerts, General, News & Resources

Montgomery Bar Association bestowed the Judge Cheryl Austin Award on Paula Souvannaphasy at the closing ceremony for the Bar’s summer intern program.  After working as an intern Law Clerk at Kaplin Stewart, Paula needed a vacation to rejuvenate to prepare for her future. Paula went to Rome and came across something that looked like the oldest zoning law she has ever seen. It was carved into a stone in 93 BC and says:  “Lucius Sentius, son of Gaius, praetor, by […]


Related Practices: Zoning

2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 10 Kaplin Stewart Attorneys

9/15/2022 | General, Media, News & Resources

The 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the oldest and most revered peer review publications, honors 10 Kaplin Stewart attorneys across the Firm’s practices. Only the top 5.3% of all practicing lawyers in the U.S. were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 29th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The following attorneys have been recognized for their work by Best Lawyers. William J. Levant  * Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization […]

Congratulations to Kaplin Stewart’s Law Clerk – Paula Souvannaphasy

7/29/2022 | General, News & Resources

On Tuesday, July 26th the Montgomery Bar Association bestowed the “Judge Cheryl Austin Award” on Paula Souvannaphasy, Kaplin Stewart’s law clerk, at the closing ceremony for the Bar’s summer intern program.  The award is “presented to someone who shares Judge Austin’s passion for social justice and racial equity, as well as her determination, work ethic, and kindness.”  Nancy Walsh, who ran this year’s MBA program, told Pamela Tobin, Esquire, that Paula was “such a worthy recipient.”