Jacqueline M. Vigilante, Esq.

Jacqueline M. Vigilante, Esquire, is a seasoned attorney with almost 40 years of experience practicing law in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney, a designation earned by only a small number of New Jersey attorneys. https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/certification With a law degree from Temple University, Ms. Vigilante began her career as a Senior Opinion Clerk for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Honorable Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. This invaluable experience laid the groundwork for an impressive career as a litigator representing individuals and small businesses in the areas of employment and civil rights litigation in the federal and state courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Ms. Vigilante serves as the Township Solicitor for the Townships of Elsinboro, Quinton and Pilesgrove, Salem County, and Franklin, Gloucester County. She serves as Municipal Prosecutor in Elk and Pilesgrove Joint Municipal Courts. She has served as the municipal attorney for the Borough of Pitman, and the Township of Oldsman.

Ms. Vigilante has served on the Board of Governors of the New Jersey Association for Justice, and as co-chair of the Solo and Small Firm Committee. She is currently a member of the National Republican Lawyers Association, the New Jersey Bar Association, the Gloucester County Bar Association, and the National Association of Employment Lawyers. She has served as past Chairperson of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyer Division, as well as Delegate of the American Bar Association for the House of Delegates. Ms. Vigilante is a frequent lecturer on topics including ethics and professionalism, small firm practice, and employment and civil rights law.

In 1997, Ms. Vigilante started The Vigilante Law Firm, P.C., where she currently practices. The firm has offices in both Mullica Hill, NJ, representing individuals and small businesses and a variety of legal matters, including employment law, criminal matters, personal injury, real estate, and estate planning.

Ms. Vigilante currently resides with her family in Mullica Hill, NJ, where she is active in her community.

Bar Admission

• NJ 1988
• PA 1988
• New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Attorney 2015-present

Associations

• Sidney Rietman Inns of Court Barrister
• NJ Assoc. for Justice, Solo & Small Firm Committee Co-chair
• New Jersey Association for Justice Board of Governors
• NJ NELA Co-chair
• New Jersey Association for Justice Member
• New Jersey State Bar Association Member
• Gloucester County Bar Association Member
• Pennsylvania Bar Association Member
• National Employment Lawyers Association Member
• American Association for Justice Member
• American Bar Association Member

Education

• Temple University, School of Law
  • Juris Doctor, 1988
• Cabrini College
  • BA history/poli-sci, 1985

Awards

• Preeminent 5.0 out of 5
  • Martindale-Hubbell, 2014