John H. Geaney
Workers' Compensation Department. Practice involves representation of employers, self-insured companies, third party administrators, and insurance carriers in workers' compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Family and Medical Leave Act. He also conducts training sessions on workers' compensation, ADA , and FMLA issues.
Mr. Geaney also writes a blog on New Jersey workers' compensation law, please click the link to visit his page: New Jersey Workers' Comp Blog
Consultant Services: City of Newark, City of Paterson and Garden State JIF (Workers' Compensation Litigation Coordinator)
Areas of Practice
- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer
- Workers' Compensation Defense
- Workers' Compensation Law
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, as a Workers' Compensation Law Attorney
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1982
Education
- Boston College Law School, Boston, Massachusetts - 1982
- Honors: Semi Finalist, Wendel F. Grimes Moot Court Competition
- Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts
- B.A. Degree, summa cum laude, English - 1979
- University of Durham, Durham, England
- 1977 - 1978
Published Works
- Geaney's New Jersey Workers' Compensation Manual for Practitioners, Adjusters, and Employers, co-distributed with the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Editions
- Medical Expense Landmines: Clearing the Workers-Comp Benefit Highway, InRe: TRIAL LAW insert in New Jersey Lawyer, April, 2007
- Five Absence Management Protocols for Workers' Compensation Injuries in New Jersey, Government Finance Officers' Association of New Jersey Report, April, 2007
- Guide to Employment Issues under the ADA and FMLA for Practitioners and Employers, co-distributed with the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2004 and 2006 Editions
- Top Three In WC, New Jersey Lawyer, Volume 13, Number 51, 2004
- The Relationship of Workers' Compensation to the Americans with Disabilities Act and Family and Medical Leave Act, Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, May, 2004
- Summaries of three court cases and FMLA advice on each, Across The Table, March/April, 2002
- Drafting Return To Work/Fitness For Duty Policies, The Bottom Line, Volume 18, No. 1, 2000
- The Decline of the Independent Contract Benefit Defense in New Jersey, The Bottom Line, November, 1999
- How to Design a Modified Duty Program, New Jersey Municipalities, October, 1999
- The Benefits of Modified Duty Policies, The Bottom Line, September, 1998
- Workers' Compensation Away from the Worksite, New Jersey Municipalities, June, 1998
- Managing Employees With Psychiatric Disabilities, New Jersey Municipalities, November, 1997
- Seven Steps To Reducing Workers' Compensation Costs, New Jersey Municipalities, April, 1997
- Fitness-For-Duty Examination, New Jersey Municipalities, October, 1996
- Strategies for Defending Respiratory Claims, New Jersey Municipalities, March, 1996
Classes/Seminars
- Latest Developments In Workers' Compensation, MEL & MRHIF, 2012
- The Basic Structure of the New Jersey Workers' Comp Law & Case Scenarios with Workers' Comp, ADA, and FMLA, Millenium Seminars, LLC, 2012
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law for Physicians, In-House BRMC, 2012
- Case Scenarios, In-House PIP Pool, 2012
- Case Scenarios, inhouse presentation to client, NESBIG, 2012
- Fighting Fraud; Understanding Permanency Awards In New Jersey And Ways To Settle Cases; and Subrogation 3.0 And What You Need To Know To Maximize Your Rights As An Employer, in-house Inservco Insurance Services, Inc., 2011
- Family And Medical Leave Act Of 1993, in-house Mount Laurel Fire Department, 2011
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law For Physicians, Tri-County Orthopedics, 2011
- Why The Medical Aspects of the Case Really Dictate the Outcome in New Jersey Workers' Compensation and the Intersection Among Workers' Comp, ADA, FMLA and GINA, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2011
- Fighting Fraud, Issues Pertaining To School Boards In Workers' Comnpensation and Mock Trial, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials, 2011
- The Major Changes In the FMLA and Their Effect on Workers' Comp, in-house GSMJIF, 2011
- Fighting Fraud, New Jersey Workers' Comp Overview For Comp Professinals, and Recent Cases You Should Know About New Jersey Comp, in-house GSMJIF, 2011
- Fraud And Medical Issues In New Jersey Workers' Compensation, Tri-County Orthopedics, 2011
- Medical/Legal Issues In Workers' Compensation, Atlantic County, 2011
- Offsets For Accidental & Ordinary Disability Pensions and Fighting Fraud , Fairview Insurance Associates, Inc. , 2011
- Jeopardy and Recent Cases You Should Know About New Jersey Comp, in-house First Cardinal, LLC, 2011
- Yes, You Can Win In Workers' Comp And Reduce Costs Too and The Cross Over Laws That Comp Practitioners Need To Know: ADA, FMLA And GINA, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2011
- Recent Cases You Should Know About New Jersey Comp and Offsets for Accidental & Ordinary Disability Pensions, GSMJIF, 2011
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law for Physicians, in-house Monmouth County , 2011
- Fraud And Repeaters, Fitness For Duty Exams, And FCES, Review of State Disabilty Pensions And FMLA Q&A, in-house Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, 2011
- Workers Compensation Panel Presentation, in-house Northeast Bergen County School Board Insurance Group, 2011
- So You Think You've Got It Bad! Attorney Panel Discussion, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2011
- Basic Compensability Issues, in-house for PMA, 2011
- Employment Extravaganza: The Changing Legal Landscape: Workers' Compensation and Disability/Fitness Issues after the ADA Amendments Act and the 2009 FMLA Regulations, American Bar Association, 2011
- Important Court Decisions in 2010 Which You Need to Know and Fraud, MEL, 2011
- Nuts and Bolts of New Jersey Workers' Compensation, in-house Amerisure Insurance, 2011
- Understanding Permanency Awards in New Jersey and Ways to Settle Cases, Fraud, Important Court Decisions in 2010 Which You Need To Know, New Jersey Subrogation Rules Section 40 Liens, and Fraud, in-house Meadowbrook Insurance Group, 2011
- Case and Statute Overview for Comp Professionals and Fraud, in-house Whole Foods Market, 2011
- Overview of Employment Laws: Workers' Compensation, ADA, FMLA, NJFLA and Paid Leave Laws, in-house Galloway Township, 2011
- Overview of Employment Laws, and COBRA, in-house R.E. Pierson Construction Co., Inc., 2010
- The Key Statutes and Defenses You Need To Know, and Ten Terrific Ideas for Controlling Comp Costs and Improving Your Comp Program, Millennium Seminars, LLC., 2010
- Mock Trial , New Jersey Self Insurers Association, 2010
- Understanding Permanency Awards In New Jersey, Verizon and Sedgwick CMS, 2010
- Case And Statute Overview For Comp Professionals, Risk Enterprise Management, 2010
- The Top Ten Claims Management Mistakes And How To Avoid Them, Council On Education, 2010
- Offsets for Accidental & Ordinary Disability Pensions, Key Court Decisions You Need To Know From 2009-2010, and Post-Offer Medical Exams And Fitness-For-Duty Exams, in-house GSMJIF Panel Counsel, 2010
- Key Court Decisions You Need To Know From 2009-2010, Fraud, Properly Calculating Awards Under The New Jersey Statute, and The Right To Control Treatment And Termination Of Benefits, in-house First Cardinal, LLC, 2010
- Why The ADA & FMLA Amendments Should Be Important To Comp Managers, Key Court Decisions You Need To Know From 2009-2010, and Case And Statute Overview For Claims Professionals, Millennium, Seminars, LLC, 2010
- Integrating WC, ADA and FMLA , in-house presentation to client Holeman Automotive Group, 2010
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law for Health Care Professionals, in-house presentation to client, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 2010
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law for Physicians, Rothman Institute's Philadelphia and Egg Harbor Twp. locations, 2010
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law For Physicians, in-house Bergen Regional Medical Center, 2010
- Three Of A Kind - Workers' Compensation, Fraud and Surveillance and Three Card Monte - The Tangled Web of WC, ADA and FML, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2010
- Workers' Comp Case Law and FMLA/ADA Update, Fighting Fraud From Inside And Out, and How Employers Can Put Big Money In Their Own Pockets, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2010
- The Major Changes In The ADAAA and FMLA Amendments And Their Effect On Workers' Comp, in-house to Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, 2010
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law For Physicians, and Top Ten Cases To Know In Workers' Comp, ExamWorks, 2010
- The Employer Perspective on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 2009 FMLA Regulations, American Bar Association, Phoenix, AZ, 2010
- Top Issues in Workers' Compensation, Perlmart, Inc., 2010
- Workers' Compensation Update, in-house to PIP Pool, 2010
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law for Physicians, University Orthopaedic Associates LLC, 2010
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know, and Properly Calculating Awards Under The New Jersey Statute, in-house seminar to GAB Robins North America, Inc., 2010
- Workers' Compensation Update , in-house seminar to NESBIG, 2010
- Fraud, South Jersey Claims Association, 2010
- Section 40 Liens, Navigating The Second Injury Fund, Properly Calculating Awards Under The New Jersey Statute, and Occupational Disease Claims, in-house seminar to client, Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc, 2010
- Mastering Workers' Comp in New Jersey!, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2009
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Law For Physicians, Englewood Knee And Sports Medicine Orthopedics, 2009
- Fraud, in-house seminar to client PMA, 2009
- Case Law Update, Deciphering The Mystery Of The New Jersey Rate Chart, and New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes And Strategies You Must Know, in-house presentation to client, Clayton Companies, 2009
- The Impact on the Recent ADA and FMLA Amendments on Workers' Compensation, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2009
- Occupational Claims Panel Discussion, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2009
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know, Case Law Update, and Deciphering the Mystery of the New Jersey Rate Chart, First Cardinal, 2009
- The 2008 Amendments to the ADA and FMLA and Their Impact on Workers' Compensation, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, 2009
- Cracking Down on Fraudulent Claims, The Onslaught of Workers' Comp Claims in the Downturn Economy, and Update on Noteworthy 2009 New Jersey Workers' Comp Decisions and Recent Reform Legislation and Their Impact on Employers and Other Stakeholders, Council on Education in Management, 2009
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know, Deciphering the Mystery of the New Jersey Rate Chart and Case Law Update, in-house seminar to Transguard Insurance Company, 2009
- Occupational Disease Claims, Basic Compensability Issues and Post-Offer Medical Exams and Fitness for Duty Exams, in-house presentation to Somerset County JIF, 2009
- Update on Recent Decisions and Legislation, Point/Counterpoint, and Top Ten Workers' Compensation Cases to Know, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2009
- Top Ten Workers' Compensation Cases To Know; Update on Recent Decisions And Legislation; and The 2008 Workers' Comp Reform Legislation: How Will It Affect Your Company , in-house presentation to Meadowbrook Insurance Group, 2009
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know; Case Law Update; and Deciphering The Mystery Of The New Jersey Rate Chart, in-house seminar to Matrix, 2009
- The New Land: Life After The ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), presentation to SEAK at their 29th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Occupational Medicine Conference, 2009
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know; Case Law Update; and Deciphering The Mystery Of The New Jersey Rate Chart, , in-house presentation to FARA Insurance Services, 2009
- Mastering Workers' Comp in New Jersey, Millennium Seminars, 2009
- Statutes and Strategies You Must Know, in-house presentation to Jersey Rehab, 2009
- Case Law Update, in-house presentation to PIP Pool, 2009
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know, in-house presentation to Costco, 2009
- The New Land: Life After The ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) and Summary of 2008 FMLA Regulations, in-house presentation to Gloucester County Bar Association, 2009
- Point/Counter Point, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2009
- Case Law Update, in-house presentation to client, NESBIG, 2009
- Case Law Update, , in-house presentation to client, PMA, 2009
- Post-Offer Medical and Fitness-for-Duty Examinations, in-house presentation to client Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, 2009
- Statutes and Strategies You Need To Know, in-house presentation to client Bergen Regional Medical Center, 2009
- Workers' Comp 101, Summary of 2008 FMLA Regulations, and New Jersey's Paid Leave Law, and ADA Amendments Act, in-house presentation to Gerresheimer Glass, Inc., 2009
- Summary of 2008 FMLA Regulations, New Jersey's Paid Leave Law, and ADA Amendments Act, Camden County Mayor' Association, 2009
- The New 2008 Changes To The New Jersey Comp Statute, in-house presentation to client, National Freight, 2008
- The New 2008 Changes To The New Jersey Comp Statute, in-house presentation to client, Inservco Insurance Services Inc., 2008
- The New 2008 Changes To The New Jersey Comp Statute, in-house presentation to client, NESBIG, 2008
- The New 2008 Changes To The New Jersey Comp Statute and Addressing The Top Challenges In New Jersey Workers' Compensation, NovaCare, 2008
- Everything You Never Understood About Workers' Compensation Liens: Subrogation Made Simple, in-house presentation to client, PMA MC, 2008
- Controlling Workers' Compensation Costs, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc., 2008
- Moderator of Panel Discussions on New Changes In Workers' Compensation Laws and Strategies For Effective Claims Management, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2008
- Successfully Defending Workers' Compensation Claims, in-house presentation to client, Griffin Pipe Products Company, 2008
- Coordinating the ADA, FMLA and Workers' Comp: It Can Be Done!, State Board of Social Services, 2008
- Point-Counterpoint Panel Discussion, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2008
- Point-Counterpoint Panel Discussion, New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, 2008
- Post-Offer Medical Exams and Fitness For Duty Issues, Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund, 2008
- New Jersey Workers’ Comp Conference, Council on Education in Management, 2008
- Mastering Workers’ Comp in New Jersey, Millennium Seminars, LLC., 2008
- Comp Fundamentals: Statutes and Strategies You Must Know , First Managed Care Option, 2008
- Workers’ Compensation Update , in-house presentation to client, ACE USA , 2008
- Workers’ Compensation Overview, Medical Issues And Key Statutes and Defenses You Need To Know, IMX Medical Management Services, 2008
- Case Scenarios , NESBIG, 2008
- Workers’ Compensation Overview, Medical Issues And Key Statutes and Defenses You Need To Know , EMC Insurance Company, 2008
- Workers’ Compensation Overview, Medical Issues And Key Statutes and Defenses You Need To Know , Procura, 2008
- How to Manage Workers’ Compensation Claims Without Generating Employment Litigation Issues Under the ADA, FMLA & Retaliatory Discharge, Michigan Self-Insurers’ Association, 2007
- Medical Concepts for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2007
- Mastering Workers’ Comp in New Jersey, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2007
- Coordinating ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation Policies , in-house presentation to client, SPELLJIF, 2007
- Workers’ Compensation Overview and Medical Issues , Atlantic County, 2007
- Workers’ Compensation Update , in-house presentation to client, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Claims Management, Inc., 2007
- Workers’ Compensation Update, in-house presentation to client, Providence Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 2007
- 2007 ADA, FMLA, and NJFLA Update -- Including Overview of New NJFLA/NJLAD Regulations, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2007
- Workers’ Compensation Update, , in-house presentation to client, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2007
- Post-Offer Medical Exams and Cases Employers Should Deny, New Jersey Food Council, 2007
Honors and Awards
- Named a "Super Lawyer" as voted by his peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's "Top Attorneys" as published by SJ Magazine
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Burlington County Bar Association, Chair, Workers' Compensation Section (2005-2007)
- Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
- Friends of MEND, Inc., Board of Directors (Trustee, 2004)
- National Council for Self-Insurers
- National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, New Jersey designee
- New Jersey Bar Association, Board of Directors of the Certified Trial Attorney Section
- New Jersey Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law and Workers' Compensation Sections
- New Jersey Self Insurers Association, Membership and Program Committees
- Camden County ADA Advisory Committee, Member, 1993
- Camden County Library, Commissioner, 1983 - 1987
- Cinnaminson Township, Township Prosecutor, 1986
- Kids Chance, New Jersey, Board of Directors
- Literacy Volunteers Burlington County, Member, 2011 - Present
- Lions Club, Gibbsboro - Voorhees, President, 1985 - 1986
- Voorhees Township, Committeeman, 1984 - 1991
Past Employment Positions
- Voorhees Township, NJ, Mayor, 1991

