Current Employment Position(s)

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Lawyer Overview

Business and Tax; Commercial; and Real Estate and Land Use Groups. Ms. Leone is a certified public accountant who concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, commercial and general business representations. Primarily focuses on counseling small and emerging businesses and entrepreneurs in matters of formation, acquisition, and ongoing operation, as well as real estate.

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Business Successions
• Formation & Business Planning
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Land Use & Zoning
• Real Estate Law

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Formation & Business Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• Ohio
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio

Certification/Specialties

• Certified Public Accountant

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member)
• New Jersey Bar Association (Member)
• New Jersey Law Journal, 2006 - 2008 (Member, Editorial Board)
• New Jersey Small Business Development Center, 1993 - 1997 (Advisory Board, Member)
• Sky Help Inc., (Board of Trustees)
• Subaru Center for Learning at the Garden State Discovery Museum (Board of Trustees)
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council, 1998 - Present (Certification Committee, Member)

Honors and Awards

• Recognized as one of South Jersey's Top Attorneys as published by SJ Magazine, 2007
• Recognized as one of South Jersey's Top Attorneys as published by SJ Magazine, 2005
• Named a Super Lawyer as voted by her peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly, 2005

Classes and Seminars

• "Using Agreements to Prevent Disputes Among Business Owners", presented to clients and friends, 2009
• "Business Continuation Agreements - An Overview and Identification of Insurance Planning Options", Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, 2008
• Adjunct Professor, Small Business Counseling, Rutgers University School of Law at Camden, 2003 - 2004
• Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Rutgers University School of Business at Camden, 1991
• Instructor/Consultant, seminar and workshop presentations and legal consultation with clients of the Regional, Small Business Development Center at Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
• Guest lecturer on numerous occasions, Undergraduate and Graduate School of Business of Rutgers University, Camden
• Guest speaker/panelist to various groups on numerous topics related to the legal aspects of business ownership and handling tax disputes before the IRS

Pro Bono Activities

• Council to the Board of Trustees of Mary's Vineyard, a New Jersey non-profit organization, 1997 - 1999
• Garden State Discovery Museum Center for Learning, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees, 2007 - Present
• Sky Help, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees, 2006 - Present

Education

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1983
  J.D.
• Rutgers University, 1975
  B.A.
  Honors: With High Honors

Address

8000 Midlantic Dr., Ste 300 S
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054-1518

Phones

(856) 914-2051

Faxes

(856) 235-2786

Emails

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Websites

http://www.capehart.com