Capehart Scatchard attorneys, Michael L. Bileci, Esq. and Penelope Caamaño, Esq., recently spoke at the New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association’s 2025 Workers’ Compensation Conference and Vendor Fair. Capehart Scatchard was a Gold Sponsor of the event held at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, NJ on May 14-16, 2025.
Mr. Bileci served as a panelist on a program entitled “When & How to Use Investigations in Workers’ Compensation.” The panelists discussed the benefits of using social media analysis, medical canvassing, and strategic surveillance when deciding to investigate potentially fraudulent claims made by a petitioner.
Ms. Caamaño presented a program entitled “Around the Horn – A Spirited Discussion Regarding Hot Topics in WC.” The topics covered included recent amendments to the NJ workers’ compensation law regarding parking lot accidents and the impact of the statutory cap on contingency attorney fees in comp cases being raised from 20% to 25%.
Both Mr. Bileci and Ms. Caamaño are shareholders in the firm’s Workers’ Compensation Department. They focus their practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation defense matters.
