Certified Workers’ Compensation Law Attorneys

Craig H. Livingston and Frank DiMarzio are both Certified Workers’ Compensation Law Attorneys.

To qualify for certification, an attorney must be at least a five-year member of the NJ Bar and have completed numerous continuing legal education courses. In addition, the attorney must show a substantial involvement in the preparation of litigated matters, and demonstrate primary responsibility for a large number of trials in the New Jersey Workers Compensation Courts.

Less than 1% of New Jersey’s attorneys are certified by the Supreme Court as having the credentials and experience required for this distinction, and even fewer of that number are petitioner’s attorneys who represent the injured worker! The application for Certification requires attorneys to list at least 120 workers compensation claims that have been settled or handled to conclusion within the three years immediately preceding the application. Most petitioner’s attorneys simply do not handle that many cases. Therefore, the overwhelming majority of Certified Workers’ Compensation Attorneys are respondent attorneys who represent the employers. Craig Livingston is one of fewer than 40 such petitioner’s attorneys who represent injured workers in New Jersey to have been so certified.

Further requirements include an unblemished reputation.

Applicants must submit a list of other attorneys and judges who can attest to their character and ability. Finally, the applicant must pass a full day’s written examination covering various aspects of workers compensation law practice.

The Certification program provides a useful consumer guide to identifying attorneys with specific legal experience in handling Workers Compensation matters. Certified attorneys may retain the distinction for only seven years before applying for recertification. At that time they must satisfy another set of requirements, ensuring they have retained their competence.

Clients of LIVINGSTON DIMARZIO BROWN, LLP know that their case is in the hands of one of the most distinguished and accomplished Workers Compensation Attorneys in the state.

Inclusion in Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. For 28 years, the top lawyers in the U.S. have helped make The Best Lawyers In America the leading legal referral guide by candidly evaluating the work of other top lawyers in the same practice areas and geographic areas.

Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Bar associations and courts across the country have recognized the legitimacy of the Super Lawyers selection process. The attorneys at Livingston DiMarizo have been ranked into the top 5% of all Workers Compensation Attorneys as voted on by other NJ lawyers for each and every year since the process was first started in 2005.

Unlike other law firms that profess their commitment to the advocacy of the workers’ rights, the law firm LIVINGSTON DIMARZIO BROWN, LLP is a Union Shop that actually “walks the talk”. All of our employees are proud members of the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers. The IAM is a large and diverse organization, representing 720,000 members across North America. Each member makes a significant contribution to the success of the union. The various types of workers that belong to the IAM mirrors the diversity of the members that form the union – just one of the many reasons that the IAM has been labelled the “Union of the Future”.