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Dennis M. Baptista

Practice Limited to the Representation on Injured Workers

Workers' Compensation
New Jersey

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Biography

As a Certified Workers Compensation Law Attorney, with over thirty years of experience, Dennis Baptista has earned a well-deserved reputation among the workers compensation bar for being a respected practitioner of great integrity and skill. Mr. Baptista has litigated numerous complicated workers compensation cases including claims involving accidental injuries, occupational diseases, repetitive motion injuries, total permanent disability, and work-related death. He obtained an Appellate Division decision in Medical Diagnostic Associates vs. Hawruluk which prevents medical providers from suing injured workers for the payment of medical bills while their workers compensation claims are being litigated. For more than a decade he has served as an Instructor for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education where he teaches other lawyers how to handle workers' compensation claims.

A leader in the community, Mr. Baptista served for ten years as Judge of the Phillipsburg Municipal Court. Prior to his judicial appointment, he served for ten years as Commissioner of the Phillipsburg Housing Authority with a mission to provide safe, sanitary, and affordable housing for the area's working poor. The Phillipsburg Housing Authority achieved "High Performer" status, HUD's highest possible rating of a housing authority, for each year that Mr. Baptista served as Commissioner

Publications

Articles & Publications

Section 40 Liens - Decoded: New Jersey Law Journal; November 3, 2014

Total Permanent Disability Benefits: New Jersey Law Journal; October 24, 2012

Permanent Disability Benefits - Workers' Compensation: New Jersey Law Journal; November 3, 2008

Workers' Compensation Dependency Issues: New Jersey Law Journal; July 21, 2008

Speaking Engagements

Section 40 Liens - Decoded, 2011 - present, Live Webinar: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Creator and Senior Instructor of this Internet based webinar designed for negligence and workers compensation lawyers. The course is designed to explain and simplify the intricacies contained in Section 40 of the New Jersey Workers Compensation Act. Held annually live over the Internet since 2011

Workers' Comp College 2006 - present, NJ Law Center, New Brunswick, NJ: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; Creator and Instructor of all day legal seminar designed to teach lawyers the basics of NJ Workers' Compensation Law and Practice. Held either annually or semi-annually since 2006. Guest speakers have included the former Director and Chief Judge of the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation as well as current sitting Judges.

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