Frank Petro
Hard Working Attorneys for Hard Working People
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.
- Rutgers School of Law-Camden
- J.D. (1976)
- -
-
- American University
- B.S. (1973)
- -
- Honors: Cum Laude
-
- What You Should Know About Wear and Tear of the Knees
- Petro Cohen Website
- Understanding Second Injury Fund in Workers’ Compensation
- Petro Cohen Website
- Auto Insurance: What Insurance Coverage Should You Carry?
- Petro Cohen Website
- Can I Sue My Employer for Psychological Injuries?
- Petro Cohen Website
- Filing a Third-Party Lawsuit in Addition to a Work Accident Claim
- Petro Cohen Website
- Certified by New Jersey Supreme Court as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney, since the inception of the New Jersey certification program (1998)
- New Jersey Supreme Court
- A/V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the world’s leading referral service; The A/V rating is reserved for less than 10% of lawyers who are considered preeminent in their fields
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' Compensation
- Best Lawyers
- For the twenty-eighth consecutive year, Frank A. Petro, Esq. of Petro Cohen, P.C. has been recognized on the prestigious Best Lawyers in America list for 2022. The Best Lawyers in America publication is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For 28 years, Mr. Petro has been named to the Best Lawyers in America list for workers’ compensation claimants, a distinction held by only 14 lawyers throughout the county.
- Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 1, NJ
- Best Lawyers
- For the twelfth consecutive year, Petro Cohen, P.C. has been recognized regionally for Workers’ Compensation Law on the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list for 2022.
- Best Lawyers in America - NJ Workers' Compensation
- Best Lawyers
- For the twenty-seventh consecutive year, Frank A. Petro, Esq. of Petro Cohen, P.C. has been recognized on the prestigious Best Lawyers in America list for 2021. The announcement was formally made in the Best Lawyers in America publication, which is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
- Best Law Firm, Workers' Compensation Law, Tier 2, NJ
- Best Lawyers
- For the eleventh consecutive year, Petro Cohen, P.C. has been recognized regionally for Workers’ Compensation Law on the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list for 2021.
- Super Lawyers - NJ Workers' Compensation
- Super Lawyers
- Named as a NJ Super Lawyer every year since 2005
- American Inns of Court Foundation
- National Trustee, National Treasurer (2008-2012)
- - Current
- Activities: National Trustee for the American Inns of Court Foundation, the nation’s leading professional organization for judges and lawyers dedicated to legal excellence, professionalism, ethics and civility (2004 to date); National Treasurer for the American Inns of Court Foundation (2008 to 2012)
-
- The Justice James H. Coleman, Jr. New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court
- Member, President (2002-2006)
- - Current
- Activities: Past President of The Justice James H. Coleman, Jr. New Jersey Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court, the leading New Jersey workers’ compensation professional organization for judges and lawyers who practice New Jersey workers’ compensation (2002-2006)
-
- New Jersey State Bar # 026741976
- Member
- - Current
-
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, Executive Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Section
- - Current
- Activities: Fifteen years service on the Executive Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Section of the New Jersey Bar Association, including representative of the Judicial Selection Committee for all attorney’s seeking to become workers’ compensation judges
-
- New Jersey
-
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Workers' Compensation
- English: Spoken, Written