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Capehart Scatchard
Established in 1876, Capehart Scatchard is a diversified general practice law firm of over 90 attorneys practicing in more than a dozen major areas of law including alternative energy, banking & finance, business & tax, business succession, cannabis, creditors’ rights, healthcare, labor & employment, litigation, non-profit organizations, real estate & land use, school law, wills, trusts & estates and workers’ compensation defense.
With five offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, we serve large and small businesses, public entities, non-profit organizations, academic institutions, governments and individuals.
Sheila Mints
Sheila M. Mints, Esq. is Chair of Capehart Scatchard’s Health Care Group and a Shareholder in the firm’s Wills, Estates & Trusts Group. Ms. Mints’ experience in healthcare transactional matters includes shareholder and employment agreements, purchases and sales of medical practices, including ACO and IPO transactions, and practice mergers. Ms. Mints acts as general counsel to many large practices and ambulatory care facilities, assisting with transactional, tax, human resources matters and negotiation with payors and vendors. Ms. Mints also handles governmental and commercial payor investigations and audits into health care billing and coding practices.
An experienced tax lawyer, Ms. Mints represents her clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the federal Tax Court and state taxation departments in a variety of tax matters.
Vincent T. Cieslik, Esq.
Vincent T. Cieslik, Esq. is Co-Chair of Capehart Scatchard's Business Litigation Group and a Shareholder in the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Health Care Groups. He focuses his practice in the representation of individuals, physicians, small businesses, medical practices and health care providers, as well as not-for-profits and large corporations in complicated and often high-risk business and litigation. In his personal time, Vince supports the March of Dimes of South Jersey, and has served as the Walk Chairman for the March of Dimes Walk for Babies and 5K Run for Babies. He has also served as a member of a local school board, and currently serves on the board of an affordable housing agency.
Mr. Cieslik provides his clients with sophisticated, nuanced approach to solving problems that reflect an understanding of the concerns of modern business. He counsels clients in pre-litigation matters, and seeks to assist clients in resolving disputes and problems at the early stages, through a common sense and real-world approach to business solutions, in order to avoid adverse publicity, minimize the risk of adverse litigation, and save the time and cost of expensive litigation. Mr. Cieslik's trial experience allows him to advise clients on the potential liabilities they face, analyze risk, and devise a strategy to best protect the client and its interests.
He also coaches youth track, and enjoys long distance running including the Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and prestigious Boston Marathon.
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