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Patrick J. Graham

Patrick J. Graham, Esq. is an Associate in Capehart Scatchard's Litigation Group. Mr. Graham focuses his practice in litigation through the federal and state courts of New Jersey, with a concentration on creditor’s rights, business collection, tort defense, premises liability and products liability defense, Tort Claims Act defense, construction, estates, employment and professional malpractice.

Prior to joining Capehart, Patrick was a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jean S. Chetney, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division-Civil Part, Salem. He also served as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable Michael J. Haas, J.A.D., New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, Westmont.

United States Supreme Court Reaffirms the Defense of Qualified Immunity as Applied in Constitutional Excessive Force Cases

By on October 29, 2021 in Court Rulings, NJ Litigation with 0 Comments

The United States Supreme Court has taken two opportunities to reaffirm the use of the defense of qualified immunity as applied to police officers who have been sued for civil rights violations pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 18, 2021, the Court rendered decisions in City of Tahlequah v. Bond, 2021 U.S. LEXIS […]

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