Frank Petro
- 51 years of experience
- Workers' Compensation
- Northfield, NJ
Biography
Mr. Petro is a founding partner and heads the Workers’ Compensation Department of the firm. He has limited his practice to handling workers’ comp cases over the past 45+ years. Mr. Petro is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney, which is the highest specialty certification available to workers’ compensation lawyers in New Jersey. He is one of only 18 lawyers in the state that have held this certification since its inception in 1998.For twenty-seven consecutive years, Mr. Petro has been named on the Best Lawyers in America® list for workers’ compensation, a distinction held by only 14 lawyers throughout the country. He is one of only four workers’ compensation attorneys in New Jersey to be named on the list, and the only NJ attorney to be named for 27 consecutive years.Mr. Petro also has been selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyer® list every year since 2005, an honor that no more than five percent of the State’s lawyers receive. Additionally, he has an “AV” rating from the world’s leading lawyer referral service, Martindale-Hubbell; a rating reserved for those lawyers considered preeminent in their field as voted by their peers.Mr. Petro has been one of only three Presidents of the leading professional organization for workers’ compensation judges and lawyers in New Jersey, 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.
Practice Areas
- Workers' Compensation
Education
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Rutgers School of Law-Camden1976
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American University1973
Awards
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2022
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1, NJBest Lawyers2022
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2021
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2, NJBest Lawyers2021
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2021
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AV Preemination RatingMartindale-Hubell2021
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2020
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2020
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AV Preeminant RatingMartindale-Hubbell2020
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2 NJBest Lawyers2020
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AV Preeminant RatingMartindale-Hubbell2019
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2019
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2 NJBest Lawyers2019
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2019
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AV Preeminant RatingMartindale-Hubbell2018
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2018
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2 NJBest Lawyers2018
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2018
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2 NJBest Lawyers2017
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2017
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2017
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AV Preeminant RatingMartindale-Hubbell2017
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2016
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2016
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2016
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2016
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2015
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Best Law Firm, Workers’ Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2015
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2015
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2015
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2014
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Best Law Firm, Workers’ Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2014
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2014
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2014
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2013
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2013
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2013
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2013
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2012
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2012
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2012
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2012
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2011
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Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1 NJBest Lawyers2011
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2011
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2011
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2010
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2010
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2010
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2009
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2009
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2009
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2008
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2008
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2008
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2007
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2007
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2007
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A/V Preeminent RatingMartindale-Hubbell2006
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2006
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2006
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Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' CompensationSuper Lawyers2005
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2005
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2004
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2003
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2002
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2001
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers2000
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers1999
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers1998
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers1997
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers1996
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Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' CompensationBest Lawyers1995
Associations
- American Inns of Court Foundation
- The Justice James H. Coleman, Jr. New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court
- New Jersey State Bar # 026741976
- New Jersey State Bar Association
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