Frank Petro

Mr. Petro is a founding partner and heads the workers’ compensation department of the firm.  He has limited his practice to handling workers’ compensation cases over the past 30+ years.  Mr. Petro is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney and has held this certification since its inception in 1998.  This is the highest specialty certification available to New Jersey workers’ compensation lawyers.

He has been named in “Best Lawyers in America®” since 1995 and is the only attorney in the Atlantic City metro who has this distinction. Mr. Petro also has  been selected to the “New Jersey Super Lawyer®” List for 10 consecutive years, an honor that no more than five percent of the State’s lawyers receive.

He has an “A/V” rating from the world’s leading lawyer referral service, Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Petro has been one of only three Presidents of the leading professional organization for New Jersey workers’ compensation lawyers and judges, The Justice James H. Coleman, Jr. New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court, which has a membership of approximately 150 lawyers and judges throughout the State. He was also one of 38 National Trustees for the American Inns of Court Foundation, the nation’s leading professional organization promoting legal excellence, professionalism, ethics, and civility for United States judges and lawyers. In addition, he served from 2008 to 2012 as National Treasurer for the American Inns of Court Foundation.

• Certified by New Jersey Supreme Court as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney, since the inception of the New Jersey certification program (1998)
• Past President of The Justice James H. Coleman, Jr.  New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court, the leading New Jersey workers’ compensation professional organization for judges and lawyers who practice New Jersey workers’ compensation (2002-2006)
• National Trustee for the American Inns of Court Foundation, the nation’s leading professional organization for judges and lawyers dedicated to legal excellence, professionalism, ethics and civility (2004 to date); National Treasurer for the American Inns of Court Foundation (2008 to 2012)
• Fifteen years service on the Executive Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Section of the New Jersey Bar Association, including representative of the Judicial Selection Committee for all attorney’s seeking to become workers’ compensation judges
• Named in every New Jersey survey by “Best Lawyers in America®” as one of New Jersey’s leading workers’ compensation lawyers (1995 to date); Named in every New Jersey issue of “Super Lawyers®” in the area of workers’ compensation (2005 to date)
• A/V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the world’s leading referral service; The A/V rating is reserved for less than 19% of lawyers who are considered preeminent in their fields

For more information on workers’ compensation in Atlantic City, Cherry Hill, Cape May Court House, Northfield, and the surrounding areas of Central and Southern New Jersey contact, Mr. Petro at (888) 675-7607. Join Frank on Google +