Michelle L. Duffield

Shareholder

Workers' Compensation

Phone: 856-914-2092

E-mail: mduffield@capehart.com

Ms. Duffield focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation defense matters.

Bar Admissions

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Education

Rutgers School of Law, Camden, NJ
Juris Doctorate

The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Business Administration

Publications

“A Comparison of Sole Cause and Major Contributing Cause Standards,” Capehart Scatchard Workers’ Compensation Newsletter, August, 2010.

“Personal Errand Or Minor Deviation,” Capehart Scatchard Workers’ Compensation Newsletter, June, 2009.

Classes and Seminars

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” Camden County Bar Association – Young Lawyers Division, March 2026

“Recent Comp Court Decisions Impacting Practitioners and Employers,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2014

“Legal Case Update,” Central Jersey Claims Association, 2014

“Workers’ Compensation Case Update and Employer’s Liability,” South Jersey Claims Association, 2014

Professional Awards & Honors

Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Stars list (2016-2017 in the area of Workers’ Compensation)

Less than 2.5% of attorneys selected as “Rising Stars” (lawyers under 40) through a peer nominated process based on independent research and peer evaluation
The Super Lawyers – Rising Star list is issued by Thomson Reuters.
A description of the selection methodology may be obtained by clicking on the following link: https://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html
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Celebrating 150 Years of Service and Trust to Our Clients

Michelle L. Duffield