Seven government-services lawyers from Mount Laurel's Capehart Scatchard are departing for a boutique firm amid a shifting political climate in Burlington County.

The seven attorneys, including Glenn Paulsen, former chairman of the Burlington County Republican Committee, will join attorney Adam Malamut's Cherry Hill-based firm as of Feb. 22, according to those involved in the move. There they will form a government services practice, bringing expertise in areas such as land use, redevelopment and eminent domain.

Malamut is a criminal defense lawyer and municipal prosecutor who also has represented individuals and companies in insurance coverage disputes, personal injury, medical malpractice and products liability cases. His firm will have 17 lawyers when the new group settles in.