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2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 14 Kaplin Stewart Attorneys

8/18/2023 | General, Media, News & Resources

The 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the oldest and most revered peer review publications, honors 14 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 30th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. The following attorneys have been recognized for their work by Best Lawyers. Gregg I. Adelman *Land Use and Zoning Law William D. Auxer  * […]

Neil A. Stein has been appointed by the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

7/28/2023 | Articles & Alerts, Kaplin Stewart Blog, Media, News & Resources

Kaplin Stewart in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce that Neil A. Stein has been appointed by the Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, to serve as a District Two Hearing Committee Member for a three-year term. Attorneys selected to serve as Hearing Committee Members come from a distinguished group of practitioners in their respective districts. Hearing Committee Members review the recommended disposition of complaints prepared by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, conduct disciplinary and reinstatement hearings, and […]

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 […]


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