Ramos, Betsy G.

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder, Litigation and Trust & Estate GroupsHiring Shareholder, 1996 - 2000

Lawyer Overview

Litigation and Trust & Estate Groups. 

Experienced litigator with over 25 years experience handling diverse matters. Practice areas include business litigation, estate litigation, personal injury. employment litigation, tort claims and civil rights defense, construction litigation, insurance coverage, tort defense, and general litigation. Have developed extensive experience in handling noncompete agreements and trade secret law by counseling clients in these issues as well as litigating numerous noncompete and trade secret cases.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Bad Faith
• Business Organizations
• Complex Litigation
• Employment Contracts -- Employer
• Insurance Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Motor Vehicle
• Personal Injury
• Transportation Law

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bad Faith Insurance, Business Organizations, Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Sexual Harassment, Transportation

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1982
• Pennsylvania, 1985

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Burlington County Attorney Ethics Committee (Appointed), 2001 - Present
• Burlington County Bar Association (Member)
• Burlington County YMCA (Member, Risk Management Committee)
• Camden County Bar Association (Member)
• Former Volunteer and Board Member of Contact
• New Jersey State Bar Association (Co-Chair of the Business Litigation Committee)
• New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section)
• Northern Burlington Regional Chamber of Commerce (Member, Board of Directors (President, 1997-2000))
• Temple B'Nai Abraham, 2005 - 2009 (Past President)

Honors and Awards

• Named a Super Lawyer as voted by her peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly
• Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Top Attorneys" as published by SJ Magazine

Classes and Seminars

• Title 59 Sidewalk Claims, Inservco Insurance Services, Inc.
• Title 59 Claims, Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund’s Police Professional Summit Conference
• Sidewalk Liability, Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund
• Noncompete Agreements for Professionals, Business Law Symposium, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Preventing Challenges to Your Will or Gift, PHS Senior Living Foundation
• Using Agreements to Prevent Disputes Among Business Owners, presented to clients and friends
• Sidewalk Liability, Burlington County Joint Insurance Fund
• Protection of Employer's Trade Secrets and Breach of Duty of Loyalty, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education
• Resolving Bidding Issues Arising in School Construction, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials Conference
• Municipal Torts, in-house presentation to client, QualCare
• Using Agreements to Prevent Disputes With Your Employees and Partners, Northern Burlington Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Construction Law Issues for School Boards: How To Get The Job Done On Time, Within Budget, And Avoid Litigation, for Firm clients and friends, Hammonton, NJ

Education

• Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, 1982
  Law Review: Associate Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
• The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979
  B.S. Degree
  Major: Management

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Read the “Fine Print” in your Contracts, SNJ Business People, Vol. 5, Issue 11, 2011
• Beware of an Out-of-Date Buyout Provision, SNJ Business People, Vol. 5, Issue 10, 2011
• When Does a Shareholder Have the Right to Inspect the Corporate Books and Records?, SNJ Business People, Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2011
• Seeking Attorneys Fees in State Court Actions, New Jersey State Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2011
• Obtaining Attorney Fees in Frivolous State Court Claims, New Jersey Law Journal, April, 2011
• Preventing Challenges to Your Will or Lifetime Gift, SNJ Business People, August, 2010
• Noncompete Agreements for Professionals, Business Law Section Newsletter, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association, June, 2010
• Real Estate Professionals Beware of Violating the NJ Consumer Fraud Act, New Jersey Defense, a publication of the New Jersey Defense Association, Spring, 2010
• Electronic Discovery Obligations and the Need to Preserve Evidence, SNJ Business People, February, 2009
• Using Agreements to Prevent Disputes With Your Fellow Shareholders, Members and Employees, SNJ Business People, November, 2008
• Real Estate Developers, Agents, And Brokers Need To Be Wary Of Violating The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, SNJ Business People, October, 2008
• Using Noncompete Agreements to Protect Your Business, SNJ Business People, July, 2008
• Are Noncompete Agreements Enforceable for Physicians?, SNJ Business People, June, 2008
• Liability Insurance: Do You Know The Extent Of Your Coverage, SNJ Business People, May, 2008
• Undue Influence: Different Analysis Depending on Type of Claim, New Jersey State Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sec, 2001
• Breaking Shareholder Deadlocks, Family Business, Winter, 1999
• Courts Clarify Residential v Commercial Sidewalk Liability, New Jersey Lawyer, September, 1995
• Enforceable Noncompete Agreement Should Meet Three Tests, New Jersey Lawyer, May, 1995
• They Can't Take It With Them, Focus Magazine, August, 1992
• Co-author of "Back Pay in Employment Discrimination", Special Issue, Vanderbilt Law Review

Address

8000 Midlantic Dr.
Suite 300 S
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-1526

Phones

(856) 914-2052

Faxes

856-235-2786

Emails

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Websites

http://www.capehart.com