Paoli, James P.

Profile

 

James Paoli is one of Cooper Levenson’s preeminent lawyers in Workers’ Compensation, certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in this area of law. It’s a distinction held by less than 130 attorneys admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey. 

 

James has focused his career exclusively on workers’ compensation since 1994. 

 

He maintains a statewide practice and has appeared in every Workers’ Compensation Court in New Jersey. Jim is admitted to the Bar in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the United States Supreme Court. 

 

Experience 

 

Based in Cherry Hill, Jim spends substantial time in Atlantic City representing the public sector and private industry clients. 

 

Throughout his extensive workers’ compensation practice, Jim has represented various insurance companies, third-party administrators, and those who are self-insured. 

 

Jim is known for an approach that maximizes results and efficiency to quickly bring matters to resolution. 

 

In addition to litigation issues, Jim meets frequently with corporate and casino clients, attending regular file review meetings and advising risk management directors and other key corporate representatives of the status of files and monetary exposures. 

 

Jim joined Cooper Levenson in 1998 and became a Partner in 2004.

 

 Education

 

 A graduate of Rutgers College (B.A.) and Widener University School of Law (J.D.)

 

Awards 

 

Jim was inducted into the St. Augustine Preparatory School Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005. 

Articles/Seminars

 

• Workers’ Comp: The Basic Facts Workers’ Comp
• Case Law Update: Danuta Rosinski v General Motors Workers’ Comp
• Case Law Update: Patrick Switzer v Connectron Inc. Workers’ Comp

 

 Affiliations

 

An active alumnus of St. Augustine Preparatory School in Richland, New Jersey, Jim served as the School’s Alumni Association President from 1998 to 2002. He is a member of the association’s Board of Governors and was inducted into the St. Augustine Preparatory School Alumni Hall of Fame in 2005. 

 

He is a member of the St. Augustine Preparatory School Alumni Association Board of Governors. In September of 2009, he was the Keynote Speaker for the Freshman Convocation. 

 

Other affiliations include: 

• Member, New Jersey Workers Compensation Inn of Court
• Member of, American Bar Association • Member, New Jersey Bar Association
• Member, Camden County Bar Association • Member, United States Supreme Court Historical Society
• Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney in 2010
• Frequent lecturer to hotels and casinos on risk management issues
• Speaker at Workers’ Compensation Inn of Court