John H. Geaney

Co-Chair, Workers’ Compensation Practice

Mr. Geaney’s practice involves representation of employers, self-insured companies, third party administrators, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Family and Medical Leave Act. He also conducts training sessions on workers’ compensation, ADA, and FMLA issues.

Mr. Geaney authors the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Blog , which was named a LexisNexis Top Blog for Workers’ Compensation and Workplace Issues for 2016, and John H. Geaney’s New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Manual for Attorneys, Physicians, Adjusters, and Employers.

A frequent seminar moderator and presenter, Mr. Geaney travels the State of New Jersey extensively, speaking on a diverse range of topics spanning the breadth of workers’ compensation law. John also served as the Mayor of Voorhees Township, New Jersey in 1991.

Publications

John H. Geaney’s New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Manual for Attorneys, Physicians, Adjusters, and Employers, co-distributed with the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025 Editions.

New Jersey Workers’ Comp Blog - A blog focused on covering all aspects of workers’ compensation law in the State of New Jersey, Editor and Contributing Author, 2011 to present.

Public Entity E-Newsletter - A monthly e-newsletter published by Capehart Scatchard which highlights litigation, employment and workers’ compensation matters which affect public entities, Contributing Author, 2012 to present.

The ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Comp - A Careful Approach Can Control Costs, New Jersey Municipalities, March, 2013.

Medical Expense Landmines: Clearing the Workers-Comp Benefit Highway, In Re: TRIAL LAW insert in New Jersey Lawyer, April, 2007.

Five Absence Management Protocols for Workers’ Compensation Injuries in New Jersey, Government Finance Officers’ Association of New Jersey Report, April, 2007.

Guide to Employment Issues under the ADA and FMLA for Practitioners and Employers, co-distributed with the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2004 and 2006 Editions.

Classes and Seminars

“Reserving Workers’ Compensation Files, Exposure Analysis and Suggestions on Reducing Exposure,” NJSIG, April 2026

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview for Public Employers,” MEL, MRHIF, & NJCE Educational Seminar, April 2026

“Major Misconceptions About New Jersey Workers’ Comp Law and What Your Company Can Due to Save Money,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, April 2026

“The Role of the Insurance Broker in Workers’ Compensation,” “Understanding Foot and Ankle Injuries in Workers’ Compensation,” “Current Challenges Facing Adjusters and Supervisors in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” and “Successfully Defending Upper Extremity Injuries in Workers’ Compensation,” Panel Discussions-Moderator, Millennium Seminars, LLC, April 2026

“Geaney’s Webinar Series: Session Four - How To Sharply Reduce Permanent Partial Disability Awards in New Jersey,” Webinar, March 2026.

“Workers’ Compensation And The New Jersey State Law,” in-house NJASBO, January 2026.

“Geaney’s Webinar Series: Session Three - Temporary Disability Benefits,” Webinar, January 2026.

“Handling Workers’ Compensation Issues in the Healthcare Setting,” “ Essential Tips and Advice From the Experts for Career Advancement in Claims Management,” and “Avoiding Costly Employment Law Litigation Arising From Workers’ Compensation,” Panel Discussions-Moderator, Millennium Seminars, LLC, December 2025.

“Recent Developments In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation And What Employers Can Do To Reduce Costs,” HRA of Southern New Jersey, November 2025.

“Workers’ Compensation Law & Update,” NJCE Joint Insurance Fund, October 2025.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview for Public Employers,” MEL, October 2025.

“Geaney’s Webinar Series: Session Two - The Main Defenses in New Jersey to Workers Comp Claims,” Webinar, September 2025.

“Innovative and Creative Ideas to Improve Your Safety Culture,” and “Complex Return to Work, Fitness and FCE Issues in Workers’ Comp,” Panel Discussions-Moderator, Millennium Seminars, LLC, September 2025.

“Geaney’s Webinar Series: Session One - How To Reduce The Cost Of Workers’ Compensation By Properly Directing Medical Care and Knowing What New Jersey Law Permits,” Webinar, July 2025.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” In-house Aldi, May 2025.

“Public Sector Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” “Ensuring that Return to Work and Light Duty Programs Succeed for Employers,” Panel Discussions-Moderator and “Liens and Subrogation Made Easy,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, April 2025.

“Important Issues in Workers’ Compensation for School Boards,” In-house PIP Pool, March 2025.

“Interview with Giovanni Ramundo, M.D. Pain Medicine Physician,” NJ PRIMA Seminar, March 2025.

“Important Issues in Workers’ Compensation for School Boards,” In-house MEIG, March 2025.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” In-house Hackensack Meridian Health, February 2025.

“Workers’ Compensation And The New Jersey State Law,” In-house NJASBO, January 2025

“The Definitive One Hour Tour of the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Statute for Practitioners of All Levels,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, December 2024

“Light Duty, Modified Duty, FCEs and Return-To-Work Issues,” “Why Employers Should Get Radiology Second Opinions And How This Will Save Millions of Dollars,” “The Great Debate: Petitioner and Defense Counsel Go Head to Head On Hot Topics in Workers’ Comp,” Panel discussions-Moderator, Millennium Seminars, LLC, December 2024

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” In-house Seaview Orthopaedic and Medical Assoc., November 2024

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” In-house CCMSI, November 2024

“Strategies For Resolving Issues Facing Today’s WC Professional - Panel Discussion,” NJSIA, November 2024

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” in-house Qual-lynx, September 2024

“The Challenges of Managing Claims in Many States,” “Creating the Building Blocks of the Successful Workers’ Comp Program,” Panel Discussions-Moderator and “What Employers Can Do To Keep A Lid on The Rising Cost of Workers’ Compensation,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, September 2024

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” in-house Gallagher Bassett, August 2024

“Interactive Session Exploring Workers’ Compensation Outcomes Through Multiple Lenses,” Panel Discussion- NJASBO, June 2024

“Mastering the Important Differences Between New York and New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” “Why Workers’ Comp Fraud Is Rampant and What You Can Do About It,” Panel Discussions-moderator and “The Workers’ Comp Roundup: The Legal Issues Adjusters and Employers Face Every Day in Workers’ Comp,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, May 2024

“New Developments in Workers’ Comp,” Workers’ Compensation May Day Seminar serving the County of Union in NJ, May 2024

“Open Mic - Ask the Experts,” NJSIA Workers’ Compensation Conference, April 2024

“Tactical Defenses In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” in-house Employers HR, April 2024

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Overview,” in-house Port Authority of NY/NJ, April 2024

“Case Scenarios For Accepted And Denied Cases,” Passaic County Business Administrators Associations, March 2024

“Surgical Spine Issues And New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” NJ PRIMA, March 2024

“Workers’ Compensation And The New Jersey State Law,” in-house NJASBO, February 2024

“Mitigating Indemnity And Medical Exposure In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” in-house ADP, February 2024

“Negotiating Strategies in Permanency and Maximizing the Difference Between Impairment and Disability,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, December 2023

“The Challenges of Workers’ Compensation Adjusters In Assessing Causation and Controlling Costs for Employers - A Panel Discussion,” New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, November 2023

“Medical Treatment and Causation in Workers’ Compensation,” in-house Holy Name Hospital, November 2023

“The Ten Commandments of New Jersey Workers’ Compensation for Employers,” in-house webinar, October 2023

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview,” in-house Clear Spring Property and Casualty Company, October 2023

“Properly Valuing New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Cases,” in-house Wakefern, October 2023

“Defending Against Workers’ Compensation Fraud,” in-house NESBIG, September 2023

“Effective Strategies To Use in Reopener Cases,” “Proving Fraud Cases And Understanding The Four Main Types of Fraud,” “The Elements of Successful IME’s,” “Cannabis and Workers’ Compensation,” panel discussions- moderator, Millennium Seminars, LLC, September 2023

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview for Comp Professionals,” in-house Hello Fresh, August 2023

“Handling High Exposure Partial Permanent Disability Cases,” NJPLIGA, June 2023

“Considerations In Defending Occupational Disease Claims,” NJPLIGA, June 2023

“Strategies on Defending Reopener Claims,” NJPLIGA, June 2023.

“Workers’ Compensation, ADA and FMLA Scenarios,” in-house Holman, June 2023.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” in-house RWJBarnabas Health, June 2023

“Innovative Strategies For Adjusters And Employers To Defeat Reopeners In New Jersey,” webinar, June 2023

“Workers’ Compensation Webinar,” in house Hackensack Meridian, May 2023

“Key Cases and Developments in NJ Workers’ Compensation Law,” “Understanding the Winning Approaches of Successful Workers’ Compensation Managers,” Panel Discussions-Moderator, and “Location, Location, Location and Causation, Causation, Causation: Mastering the Premises Rule and the Arising from Work Requirements in NJ Law,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, April 2023

“Workers’ Compensation And The New Jersey State Law,” in-house NJASBO, February 2023

“Valuing New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Cases: Why Current Valuation Technique Are Legally Wrong,” webinar, February 2023

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” RWJBarnabas Health, December 2022

“Recent Cases and Statutory Changes You Need to Know,” “Occupational Health and Internal Medicine Issues in Workers’ Compensation - panel discussion, Moderator,” Millennium Seminars, December 2022

“Panel Discussion: Hot Topics In Workers’ Compensation - Around the Water Cooler,” New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, November 2022

“New Challenges in Workers’ Compensation: The Employer’s Responsibility to Provide Medical Marijuana Under NJ Workers’ Compensations and Defending COVID-19 Claim Petitions, “JIF Retreat, September 2022

“Cannabis and Comp,” NJ Prima Seminar, September 2022

“The Use of Medical Experts and Medical Evidence in Workers’ Compensation Trial - panel discussion Moderator,” “Effective Strategy in Handling COVID-19 Claims and New Jersey Fraud Cases,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, September 2022

“Subrogation And Section 40 Liens Overview,” Avalon Subrogation Partners, June 2022

“What Really Happens When You Presume?-Presumption Laws And Their Impact”-panel discussion, New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, May 2022

“The Five Key Principles That Define A Successful And Cost-Effective Workers’ Compensation Program,” “The First 30 Days: Why The Initial Investigation Often Dictates Case Outcomes - panel discussion” and “Developing Fraud Defenses In New Jersey Workers’ Comp - panel discussion,” Millennium Seminars, LLC, April 2022

“Workers’ Compensation and Healthcare: Telemedicine and The Aging Work Force,” panel discussion, New Jersey PRIMA, April 2022

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview for Comp Professionals.” HelloFresh/Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., April 2022

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” in-house RWJBarnabas Health, March 2022.

“Workers’ Compensation And The New Jersey State Law,” in-house NJASBO, February 2022.

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview For Comp Professionals,” Eaton Corp., December 2021

“COVID Claims In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” Morris Essex Insurance Group, December 2021

“Claim Managers’ Expectations of Defense Counsel, TPAs, and Other Vendors - Panel Discussion” and “The Brave New World of COVID Claims, Canzanella Cases, Presumptions and Adverse Vaccine Reactions,” Millennium Seminars, December 2021

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview for Comp Professionals,” in-house AmeriTrust, November 2021

“Subrogation And Section 40 Lien Overview,” in-house NIP Group, November 2021

“Challenging Issues For Employers In The Pandemic Era,” and “Proper Handling of Head Injury And Concussion Claims - Panel Discussion,” Millennium Seminars, October 2021

“Workers’ Compensation Legal Update,” NJ PRIMA, September 2021

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law For Physicians,” Orthopaedic Institute of Central Jersey, September 2021

“The Impact Of The COVID Essential Employee Law And The Pandemic On Workers’ Comp Now And In The Future,” and “Maximizing The Effectiveness of Permanency Exams,” Millennium Seminars, August 2021

“Essentials Of New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, August 2021

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview For Medical Clinicians,” in-house RWJBarnabas Health, June 2021

“2021 Hot Topics In Workers’ Compensation,” Millennium Seminars, LLC/The Advanced Spine Center, June 2021

“Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud - Panel Discussion,” NJ PRIMA, May 2021

“Legislative Issues: Proposals To Change WC And Liability Statutes,” MEL and MRHIF, May 2021

“Defending COVID-19 Comp Claims And Rebutting The Presumption,” New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, May 2021

“2021 Update On Recent And Key Proposed Legislation And Key Cases To Know” and “What You Need To Know About Knee And Shoulder Replacement Surgeries In Comp - Panel Discussion,” Millennium Seminars, April 2021

“COVID-19 Vaccine: Issues Pertaining To COVID-19 And Vaccination Programs - Panel Discussion,” NJ PRIMA, March 2021

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law, COVID Claims And The Canzanella Act,” ERIC West/NJSIG, March 2021

“Subrogation And Section 40 Lien Overview,” in-house D&H Alternative Risk Solutions, February 2021

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview For Comp Professionals” and “Frequently Asked Workers’ Compensation Questions By School Boards,” NJASBO School Insurance And Risk Management, February 2021

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law, COVID Claims And The Canzanella Act,” CAIP Sub-Fund/NJSIG, February 2021

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law, COVID Claims And The Canzanella Act,” NJEIF/NJSIG, February 2021

“The Main Defenses You Need to Know In New Jersey Workers’ Comp” and “Everything You Wanted to Ask a Neurosurgeon About Spine Cases: A Question and Answer Session With Webinar Attendees,” Millennium Seminars, February 2021

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law, COVID Claims And The Canzanella Act,” MOCCSIF/NJSIG, January 2021

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law For Physicians,” Advanced Orthopaedic Centers, January 2021

“Overview Of P&C Insurance Coverages,” in-house NJASBO, January 2021

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law And Canzanella Act,” SAIF Northwest School Group, December 2020

“The 2020 Comp Year In Review: Major Decisions And Legislation Affecting New Jersey Workers’ Compensation” and “How New Jersey School Boards Are Coping With COVID-19 Issues And The Impact On Workers’ Compensation,” Millennium Seminars, December 2020

“COVID-19 And Workers’ Compensation,” Human Resource Association of Southern New Jersey, November 2020

“Defending COVID-19 Claims In New Jersey,” The Advanced Spine Center, November 2020

“Ethical Considerations In The Essential Employees Law And Canzanella Act,” in-house ERIC NORTH, November 2020

“The Impact On Public Entities’ Workers’ Compensation Programs From The 2020 Essential Employees Law And From 2019 Thoms P. Canzanella Act,” Fairview Insurance, October 2020

“What You Need to Know About Legal Presumptions In Workers’ Compensation,” Millennium Seminars, October 2020, “On The Front Lines Of COVID-19,” and “Issues In Workers’ Comp And Employment Law With COVID-19,” Millennium Seminars, October 2020

“COVID-19 And Workers’ Compensation webinar,” Central Jersey Claims Association, October 2020

“Red Hot Topics in New Jersey Comp,” Millennium Seminar webinar, May 2020

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” Meridian Health, March 2020

“Guess the Defense” & “Section 20-22,” AmeriTrust Group, March 2020

“New Statutory Changes On Cancer Claims For Public Safety Responders,” - in-house panel discussion GSMJIF and PEJIF and “What You Need To Know About Liens And Subrogation Rights,” in-house panel discussion GSMJIF and PEJIF, February 2020

“Strategies In Handling Reopener Claim Petitions,” Treatment Issues In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation,” and “Reserving And Evaluating Permanent Disability In New Jersey Comp,” in-house ESIS, December 2019

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” Premier Orthopaedic Associates, December 2019

“New Statutory Changes on Cancer Claims for Public Safety Responders and Case Law Update,” “Panel Discussion: Modified Duty Issues in New Jersey Workers’ Comp,” and “Panel Discussion with Petitioners’ Counsel: Why Do Injured Workers Hire Counsel?” Millennium Seminars, December 2019

“Comp Law For Physicians”, Hudson Pro Orthopedics - webinar, November 2019

“Stress Cases in NJ Workers’ Comp,” New Jersey Counties Excess Joint Insurance Fund Workshop, October 2019

“You Be the Workers’ Comp Judge,” North Jersey Workers’ Compensation Seminar 2019 presented by Dr. Gatto & The Advanced Spine Center, October 2019

“Accept or Reject - Comp Claims That Make Sense and the Ones That Are Nonsense,” Passaic County School Business Administrators, October 2019

“New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview,” in-house webinar Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, September 2019

Accept or Reject?? Comp Claims That Make Sense and the Ones That are Nonsense,” in-house Arthur J. Gallagher, September 2019

“Panel Discussion: The First 30 Days of a Comp Claim: What You Should Be Doing,” “Panel Discussion: The ADA, FMLA, and Comp Legal Intersection,” and “What are the Legal Defenses that Work in NJ Workers’ Compensation?” Millennium Seminars, September 2019

“Differentiating Shoulder and Cervical Pathology in Workers’ Comp Patients,” panel discussion, Orthopaedic Institute of Central Jersey, September 2019

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” NJM Insurance Group with Premier Orthopaedics, July 2019

“Key Cases You Need to Know in Workers’ Compensation,” “Panel Discussion: Pre-hire, Post-accident Drug Testing and Workplace Drug Policies,” and “Medical Issues in Workers’ Compensation,” Millennium Seminars, June 2019

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians,” Active Orthopedics, April 2019

“Case Law Update,” in-house Professional Municipal Management JIF, April 2019

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