Capehart Scatchard

What Capehart Scatchard does

Capehart & Scatchard, P.A. (DBA Capehart Scatchard) is a full-service law firm founded in 1876 in New Jersey and one of the oldest continuously operating law firms in the state, celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2026. The firm operates from five offices spanning Mt. Laurel Township (headquarters), Hamilton, and Montville in New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New York City, New York, with more than 80 attorneys supported by paralegals, secretaries, and administrative personnel. Its practice spans litigation and transactional work across Alternative Energy, Banking & Finance, Business & Tax, Education/School Law, Labor & Employment, Healthcare, Litigation (including sub-practices such as Casualty & Personal Injury, Construction, Public Entity Defense, Transportation, and Professional Liability), Longshore Defense, Real Estate & Land Use, Wills/Trusts/Estates, Workers' Compensation, and newer verticals such as Cannabis Law, Privacy & Security, and Public Finance.

The firm's revenue model is the traditional professional services model: hourly-fee legal services billed according to task, leveraging shareholders and associates to deliver cost-efficient representation; pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagement is typically structured as multi-year outside-counsel relationships. Go-to-market is enterprise field-sales-oriented, anchored by direct office consultation and supported by a substantial content-marketing engine — eight practice-area blogs (Litigation Blog, Estates, HR Resource, NJ School Law, NJ Workers' Comp, Alternative Energy, Cannabis, NJ Healthcare Law), quarterly newsletters (Litigation Quarterly, Public Entity, Workers' Compensation, Longshore and Defense Base Act), CLE seminars, and active social channels (Facebook, X, LinkedIn). Distribution is regional rather than national, deliberately concentrated across NJ, PA, and NY.

The client base is enterprise-weighted and diversified across named institutional categories: insurance companies and carriers (workers' comp defense, tort defense), banks and financial institutions (commercial lending, bankruptcy, creditors' rights), boards of education and charter schools (school law, special education), public entities and municipalities (tort claims act defense), healthcare providers, and a broad long tail of large and small businesses, entrepreneurs, non-profits, and individuals. Ownership remains under the traditional partner/shareholder model with no identified external PE, VC, or parent-company involvement, and the firm publishes no public financials.

Name

Capehart Scatchard

Legal name

Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.

Website

https://capehart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1876

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Capehart Scatchard is a 150-year-old, full-service law firm with 80+ attorneys across five offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, serving insurance companies, banks, educational institutions, public entities, healthcare providers, and businesses in litigation and transactional matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Legal advisory services
• Litigation defense
• Workers compensation defense
• Estate planning
• School law services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Laurel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional law firm billing for legal services including litigation representation, transactional work, and advisory services to diverse client base including insurance companies, banks, businesses, public entities, and individuals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Capehart Scatchard is a full-service law firm providing legal advisory, transactional, and litigation services across more than a dozen practice areas including alternative energy, banking and finance, business and tax, education/school law, labor and employment, healthcare, litigation, longshore defense, real estate and land use, wills/trusts/estates, and workers' compensation. The firm serves insurance companies, banks, public entities, educational institutions, businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals across offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. More than 80 attorneys are supported by trained paralegals, secretaries, and administrative personnel, with matters staffed according to task utilizing shareholders and associates when appropriate for cost-efficient service delivery.

Product overview

Capehart Scatchard is a full-service law firm founded in 1876, offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides transactional and litigation services through specialized departments including Alternative Energy, Banking & Finance, Business & Tax, Education/School Law, Labor & Employment, Healthcare, Litigation, Longshore Defense, Real Estate & Land Use, Wills Trusts & Estates, and Workers' Compensation. The firm also publishes newsletters and legal publications including the Litigation Quarterly Newsletter, Public Entity Newsletter, Workers' Compensation Newsletter, and Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter. Capehart Scatchard operates offices in New Jersey (Mt. Laurel, Hamilton, Montville), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), and New York (New York City).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Alternative Energy Legal Services Legal services for alternative energy matters including wind and solar energy projects, photovoltaic systems, net metering, community solar, electric vehicle charging stations, offshore wind, and battery storage projects.
• Banking & Finance Legal Services Legal services for banking and financial institutions covering commercial lending, secured transactions, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights.
• Business & Tax Legal Services Legal services for business organizations, corporate matters, tax planning, and business transactions for large and small businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Education/School Law Services Legal representation for boards of education and charter schools including labor and employment, special education, Section 504, student discipline, FERPA, and Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights compliance.
• Labor & Employment Legal Services Employment litigation and preventative employment practices including counseling on employment policies, non-compete agreements, trade secret agreements, and civil rights matters.
• Healthcare Legal Services Legal services for healthcare providers, medical practices, and healthcare-related organizations.
• Litigation Services General and specialized litigation services including tort defense, commercial litigation, construction litigation, defense of class action litigation, casualty and personal injury, dram shop and security liability, franchising, professional liability, and public entity defense.
• Longshore Defense Services Defense representation for longshore workers and defense base act claims.
• Real Estate & Land Use Legal Services Real estate transactions, land use applications, zoning matters, commercial leasing, commercial sales and acquisitions, and property tax appeals.
• Wills, Trusts & Estates Legal Services Estate planning, estate administration, asset protection, elder law, and tax planning for individuals and families, including sub-practices in asset protection, elder law, estate and trust administration, and tax and estate planning.
• Workers' Compensation Defense Services Defense representation for employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers' compensation matters.
• Cannabis Law Services Legal services for cannabis businesses including regulatory compliance and business transactions.
• Family Law Services Family law matters including divorce, custody, child support, and related issues.
• Environmental Law Services Environmental law compliance and litigation matters.
• Governmental Affairs Services Administrative law, governmental affairs, and regulatory matters.
• Privacy & Security Legal Services Privacy law and data security compliance services.
• Public Finance Legal Services Public finance and municipal bond counsel services.
• Transportation Law Services Legal services for transportation companies and trucking/transportation liability matters.

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marshall Dennehey: Marshall Dennehey is a large Northeast-based defense litigation firm with deep insurance defense, casualty, and workers' compensation practices. It is among the closest direct peers to Capehart Scatchard given overlapping insurance carrier clients, NJ/PA presence, and similar defense-centric GTM motion.
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker: Wilson Elser is a national insurance defense and litigation firm with strong NJ, NY, and PA offices. It competes head-to-head with Capehart Scatchard for insurance panel work, tort defense, and professional liability mandates, making it a direct peer in core defense categories.
• Norris McLaughlin: Norris McLaughlin is a NJ-based full-service firm with strong litigation, employment, and business law practices. Closely comparable to Capehart Scatchard in scale, geography, and client mix including mid-market businesses and public entities.
• Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires & Newby: Weber Gallagher is a Mid-Atlantic insurance defense and litigation firm with significant NJ and PA presence. Direct overlap with Capehart Scatchard in workers' compensation, casualty, and insurance defense carrier work.
• Genova Burns Giantomasi & Webster: Genova Burns is a NJ-based full-service firm with strong public entity, education, and labor practices. Comparable peer competing for the same NJ school district, municipality, and public-sector clients.
• Post & Schell: Post & Schell is a Philadelphia-based full-service firm with strong healthcare, professional liability, and insurance defense practices. Comparable to Capehart Scatchard in multi-state Northeast presence, healthcare law depth, and defense litigation mix.
• Archer & Greiner: Archer & Greiner is a NJ-headquartered full-service firm with similar practice breadth including education law, public entity, litigation, and business services. It is a regional direct peer competing for the same NJ institutional and governmental clients.

Emerging players

• Fisher & Phillips: Fisher & Phillips is a national labor and employment boutique with NJ, NY, and PA offices. Partial overlap with Capehart Scatchard's employment/labor practice, particularly attractive to shared institutional clients seeking specialized counsel.

Broad incumbents

• Fox Rothschild: Fox Rothschild is a larger national full-service firm with deep NJ and PA roots covering education, banking, healthcare, and litigation. It competes for the same institutional clients as Capehart Scatchard but with significantly broader geographic and practice reach.
• Duane Morris: Duane Morris is a national AmLaw firm with substantial NJ, PA, and NY presence and overlap in litigation, healthcare, banking, and insurance defense. It is a scaled incumbent against which Capehart Scatchard competes for mid-market and institutional matters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/capehartlaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/capehart-scatchard-186118994784748
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capehart-scatchard-p-a-

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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