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Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg LLC Is proud to announce the launch of its workers’ compensation blog site. This project will cover both Pennsylvania and New Jersey workers’ compensation. Drawing upon its extensive experience defending employers, insurance carriers, and third party administrators in all aspects of workers’ compensation claims, the BBS workers comp blog will cover important legislative developments, immediate analysis of new case law, and potential strategies for defending claims and minimizing risk.   The link to the website is: www.bbsworkerscompblog.com   If you subscribe, you will receive notifications when new content is added. The website also contains information about our authors, and ways to contact us with any questions you may have. Please take the opportunity to look at the blog. Thanks!

This week’s BBS Spotlight focuses on BBS attorney, Jason Farina! Jason received his B.S. from Cornell University and earned his Juris Doctor from Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law. During his time in school, he interned in the Office of the District Attorney in Tacoma, Washington, as well as a boutique plaintiff’s firm in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the firm, Jason has worked as part of a number of legal teams representing pharmaceutical companies in large class action litigation matters. Jason represents clients in a broad range of civil litigation defense matters in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In his free time, Jason enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading and as an avid soccer fan, cheering for the blue and white of his favored Manchester City or that of his family’s native Argentina.

BBS associate, Casey J Hemphill was a panelist at the New Jersey Special Investigators Association Annual Seminar last week in Atlantic City, NJ. Some topics of conversation were AI’s potential to enhance investigative processes, mitigating evolving risk of fraud enhanced by AI, and ethical considerations in deployment of AI. Special thanks to NJSIA for putting together another very worthwhile seminar!

Congratulations to the BBS Attorneys selected as 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers! Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. For more information regarding the Super Lawyers list by Thomson Reuters please click here: https://lnkd.in/eXu5uH2

This week’s BBS Spotlight focuses on BBS associate, Jhamaal Sykes! Jhamaal is from Libby, Montana, a small logging town in the northwest part of the state. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of South Florida and earned his J.D. in 2023 from American University’s Washington College of Law. Since his time in college, Jhamaal has been an avid supporter of classical string music performance. While at USF, he played as a violinist for the Dade City Symphony and volunteered as an assistant music teacher for young learners. In Florida, he was lucky enough to study lutherie under master violinmaker Dereck Coons of Violin Shop Tampa. Jhamaal has continued making violins since then in his spare time. While in law school, he worked as a law clerk at the DC free-speech think-tank TechFreedom, and as a junior patent consultant with a satellite communications company. Jhamaal began his post-graduate career as a law clerk to the Honorable Jordan B. Yeager at the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. There, he mostly handled general civil-business litigation and real property matters. After his yearlong clerkship, Jhamaal joined the firm’s auto team this August. Jhamaal lives in center city Philadelphia with his girlfriend and their four beautiful ragdoll cats Kenma, Shoyo, Zuko, and Aang.

This week’s BBS Spotlight focuses on BBS associate, Matthew Zaiter! Matt graduated summa cum laude from West Chester University in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Later, he earned his Juris Doctor from Widener University Delaware Law School. While at Widener, he was an active member of the Moot Court Honor Society and Widener Law Review. Prior to joining the firm, Matt worked as a trial attorney in the Lehigh County Public Defender’s office where he represented clients in their criminal matters ranging from drug offenses to homicide. Matt now focuses his practice on auto and premises liability matters in Pennsylvania. In his free time, Matt enjoys spending time with family and friends, golfing, and being outdoors.  

Congratulations to BBS member, Jim Blumenthal, who won a defense verdict in a jury trial in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Jim defended a company whose employee rear-ended the plaintiff in traffic. The plaintiff alleged spinal disc injuries and underwent a cervical discectomy and fusion surgery. The plaintiff’s operating neurosurgeon testified at trial that the plaintiff suffered disabling injuries caused in the accident and that the plaintiff would require two additional future surgeries at the cost of $350,000. Plaintiff’s counsel’s settlement demand was $600,000 and an offer to take judgment was filed in this amount. The defense countered with a neuroradiologist who reviewed the plaintiff’s diagnostic imaging studies and testified that there was no imaging evidence of a traumatic injury. Notwithstanding that this was a “zero tort threshold” case, the jury returned with a unanimous defense verdict finding that the defendant’s negligence was not the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries, and no damages were awarded to the plaintiff. Congratulations Jim!!

Join the BBS team!! We have two positions available in our Marlton, NJ office. Please see below for more details! Litigation Attorney (Third-Party Auto) - We are seeking an attorney with three to four years of civil litigation experience, specifically handling the defense of third-party auto matters, to join our Marlton office. An ideal candidate will be experienced with New Jersey no-fault law and insurance laws, have experience in civil discovery litigation, and have courtroom experience. To learn more, please click here: https://lnkd.in/eqUEFxEA Litigation Paralegal - We are looking for an experienced litigation paralegal in our Marlton office. The ideal candidate will have at least 2+ years of insurance defense litigation experience. Major responsibilities of the paralegal will include, but will not be limited to, the discovery portion of a litigation file and providing additional support through all phases of litigation, including drafting appropriate motions, pleading, etc. To learn more, please click here: https://lnkd.in/e5UjHt3Q