Lora V. Northen
Work in Capehart Scatchard
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
Worker's Compensation
8000 Midlantic Dr., Ste. 300S, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
About Lora V. Northen
Practice Areas
- Worker's Compensation
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 1987
- State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, 1976B.A. Degree in Education
Classes and Seminars
- The Great Workers’ Compensation Face Off – Maine vs. New Jersey, Claims Management, Inc., 2021
- Red Hot Topics in New Jersey Comp, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2020
- Assessing Permanent Disability,, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2020
- Workers’ Comp 101 for Adjusters, Medical Professionals, and Employers, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2019
- Panel Discussions: Medical Claim Petitions and Repricing Medical Bills AND Drug Testing in the Workplace and Issues Pertaining to Marijuana; Workers' Comp 101 for Adjusters, Medical Professionals and Employers, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2019
- New Jersey Workers’ Compensation, Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Company, 2019
- How to Evaluate, Manage and Defend Complex Workers’ Compensation Claims, Claims Management, Inc., 2019
- Using IMEs/Permanency Exams to Defend/Minimize Permanency, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2019
- You Be the Judge, Seaview Orthopaedic & Medical Associates, 2019
- Panel Discussions: (1) Issues Surrounding Light Duty Offers in New Jersey and (2) Mock Trial of a Workers’ Compensation Case, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2019
- Termination of Employees for Violation of Drug and Alcohol Policies, Reasonable Accommodation Issues and Medical Marijuana AND Panel Discussion: Audience Participation on Common Case Scenarios on Causation and Compensability, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2019
- How To Evaluate, Manage and Defend Complex Workers’ Compensation Claims, 2018
- Panel Discussion: The Anatomy of a Super Bowl Winning Team, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2018
- Medical Marijuana Are We Dazed and Confused, Claims Management, Inc., 2018
- How to Evaluate, Manage and Defend Complex Workers’ Compensation Claims, SEAK, Inc., 2017
- The Curious Case of Michelle in the Night Time – A Mock Trial Presentation, The Advanced Spine Center, 2017
- How To Evaluate, Manage and Defend Complex Workers’ Compensation Claims, New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, 2018
- Panel Discussion: Claim Investigation Tips and Techniques, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association Breakfast Seminar, 2017
- Mastering the Key Principles and Strategies for Permanency Claims and Section 40 Liens AND Panel Discussion: The Evolving World of Claims Handling: Trends And Best Practices, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2017
- Panel Discussion: The Effective Use Of Surveillance In Workers’ Comp For Doctors And Practitioners And How Good Investigation Can Help Fight Comp Fraud, Kirshner Spine Institute, 2017
- How To Handle Treatment AND You Be The Judge, Claims Management, Inc., 2016
- Northen v. Hopke in The Crossfire, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2016
- Workers’ Comp Compensability Issues, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2016
- Learn The Key Medical, Temporary and Permanency Provisions under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Statute AND Panel Discussion: Effective Use Of IME’s In Workers’ Compensation , Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2016
- Anatomy of an Award-Winning Workers’ Compensation Program, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2016
- Understanding the Development of the Important Concepts in NJ Workers’ Comp and Their Impact on Day-to-Day Claims Management, Meadowbrook Insurance Group, 2016
- Reinventing Your Workers’ Comp Program to Reduce Losses and Costs, Capehart Scatchard, 2016
- Understanding the Development of the Important Concepts in NJ Workers’ Comp and Their Impact on Day-To-Day Claims Management, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2016
- 2015 Cases You Need To Know, New Jersey Self Insurers’ Association, 2015
- Panel Discussion: Complex Issues on IMEs, Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund (GSMJIF), 2015
- The Effective Use of IME And Second Opinion Exams In New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Cases, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2015
- You Be The Judge, Tri-County Orthopedics, 2015
- From Cell Phones to Facebook, The Changing Look of Workers’ Compensation, Kirshner Spine Institute, 2015
- Fighting Fraud, South Jersey Claims Association, 2015
- How to Settle Future Medicals and Comply with the Medicare Secondary Payer Act, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN), 2015
- Mock Trial AND Understanding Total Disability And The Second Injury Fund, Claims Management, Inc., 2015
- New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law Summary, Meadowbrook Insurance Group, 2015
- Mock Trial, Qual-Lynx, 2014
- Understanding Total Disability and the Second Injury Fund, Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2014
- Guess the Defense AND The Key Defenses Employers Must Know, Claims Management, Inc., 2014
- The Role of the Third-Party Administrator and Client in Workers’ Compensation, Capehart Scatchard, 2014
- New Jersey Workers’ Compensation, Claims Management, Inc., 2014
- Workers’ Compensation Issues in New Jersey, Republic Services, Inc., 2014
- Utilizing Experts in Workers’ Compensation Cases, Qual-Lynx, 2014
- How to Control Claims and Save Money, NovaCare Rehabilitation, 2014
- Mock Trial, Somerset County Joint Insurance Fund, 2014
- Premises Liability Seminar 2014, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2014
- Here Comes the Judge, ERIC NORTH 11th Annual Training Meeting, 2014
- New Jersey Workers’ Comp Overview for Comp Professionals, Republic Services, Inc., 2014
- Bona Fide Offers AND Why the Medical Aspects of the Case Really Dictate the Outcome in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation, Claims Management, Inc., 2014
- New Jersey Comp Fundamentals And Strategies You Should Know For Best Practices, Claims Management, Inc., 2013
- Fighting Fraud, Claims Management, Inc., 2013
- Properly Calculating Awards Under the New Jersey Statute, Claims Management, Inc., 2013
- Premises Rule for Workers' Compensation Claims, Millennium Seminars LLC, 2013
- Premises Rule for Workers' Compensation Claims, Millennium Seminars, 2013
- Direct and Cross of a Physician in Workers' Compensation Cases, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2013
- Around The Horn, New Jersey Self Insurer's Association, 2013
- Attorney Panel Discussion, Affinity Insurance LTD - Las Vegas , 2013
- Workers' Compensation Update, In-House CCMSI, 2013
- Properly Calculating Awards Under the New Jersey Statute, Claims Management, Inc., 2012
- NJ Workers' Comp Overview For Professionals, Claims Management, Inc., 2012
- Complex Issues Facing Employers And Carriers On ADA, FMLA And Workers' Compensation, Millenium Seminars, 2012
- The Building Blocks Of The New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, Benefits, And Eligibility, Millennium Seminars, 2012
- Latest Developments In Workers' Compensation, NovaCare, 2012
- The Building Blocks of The New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, Benefits And Eligibility, and, Complex Issues Facing Employers And Carriers on ADA, FMLA And Workers' Compensation, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2012
- New Jersey Workers' Comp Overview for Comp Professionals, In- House Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2012
- New Jersey Workers' Comp Overview for Comp Professionals, In-House Pizza Hut, 2012
- New Jersey Workers' Comp Overview for Comp Professionals, and Properly Calculating Awards Under the New Jersey Statute, In-House Claims Management, Inc., 2012
- Latest Developments in Workers' Compensation, In-House Amerisure Insurance, 2012
- Latest Developments In Workers Compensation, In-House Meadowbrook Insurance Group, 2012
- Maximum Medical Improvement, Fitness-For-Duty Exams, and ADA Implications, TRICO JIF Planning Retreat, 2012
- How Employers, Insurers, and Self-Insurers Can Save Money, SEAK, 2012
- Around The Horn: Personal vs. Personnel, NJSIA, 2012
- New Jersey Workers' Comp Overview for Comp Professionals, Properly Calculating Awards Under The New Jersey Statute, & Understanding The Second Injury Fund, In-House CCMSI, 2012
- Mock Trial, Central Jersey Claims Association, 2012
- Wages, Rates, and Wage Reconstruction - Case and Statutory Law, 22nd Annual Workers' Compensation Bench-Bar Conference, 2011
- Five Proven Strategies For Winning and Saving Money in New Jersey Comp, Millennium Seminars, LLC, 2011
- Fighting Fraud and Mock Trial, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials, 2011
- Around the Horn, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2011
- Nuts and Bolts of New Jersey Workers' Compensation,, In-house Amerisure Insurance, 2011
- Understanding Permanency Awards in New Jersey and Ways to Settle Cases, Fraud, Important Court Decisions in 2010 Which You Need To Know, New Jersey Subrogation Rules Section 40 Liens, and Fraud,, In-house Meadowbrook Insurers Association, 2010
- Mock Trial,, New Jersey Self Insurers Association, 2010
- Fraud, Cases to Know in Workers' Comp, and How Employers Can Save Money on Claims, In-house presentation to client, Claims Management, Inc., 2010
- Everyone's a Winner - Best Practices Around The Horn, New Jersey Self Insurers' Association, 2010
- Best Practices: What do employers, TPAs, and carriers expect from defense counsel, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, 2009
- Mastering Workers' Comp in New Jersey, Millennium Seminars, 2009
- Workers' Comp 101 and The Payment of Settlements, Claims Management, Inc., 2009
- Point-Counterpoint Panel Discussion, BURLCO, 2008
- Workers' Compensation Update, In-house presentation to Claims Management, Inc., 2007
- Workers' Compensation Update, In-house presentation to client, Providence Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 2007
- Workers' Compensation Issues, In-service for client, Atlantic Health Systems, 2006
- The Complete Survival Guide to New Jersey Workers' Comp, Council on Education in Management, 2006
- Workers' Compensation Issues, In-service for client, AIG Claim Services, Inc., 2006
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update, Council on Education in Management, 2006
- Overview of the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, In-service for client, ADP, 2005
- Overview of the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, In-services for client, AFG Industries, Inc., 2005
- Overview of Key New Jersey Provisions and Defenses, NovaCare Rehabilitation, 2005
- New Jersey Workers' Compensation Update, Council on Education in Management, 2005
- Overview of the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, Institute for Professional Development, 2004
- The Fundamentals of Workers' Comp in New Jersey, Council on Education in Management, 2004
- Bridge The Gap, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2004
- Return to Work Issues and Beyond: Issues and Updates Under the New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act, ADA, FMLA, and New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Lorman Education Services, 2003
- Second Injury Fund, In-service for client, AIG Claim Services, Inc., 2003
- Fraud Busters, In-house presentation to client, Harleysville Insurance Company, 2002
- Challenging the Horizons of Workers' Compensation and Personal Injury Protection Services, Horizon Casualty Services and UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 2000
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1987
- Pennsylvania, 1987
- U.S. Supreme Court
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Camden County Bar Association (Member)
- Defense Research Institute (Workers' Compensation Committee)
- Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
- Larson's National Workers' Comp Advisory Board, 2012 (Member)
- National Workers' Compensation Defense Network
- New Jersey State Bar Association (Member of the Executive Committee, Workers' Compensation Section)
- Pennsylvania Bar Association (Member)
- RIMS - National and Delaware Valley (Member)
- Kids' Chance of New Jersey (Board Member)
Articles
Published Works
- Periodic Legal Alerts to Advise of New Cases Affecting the Handling of Workers' Compensation Claims, 1990 - Present
- Capehart & Scatchard Workers' Compensation Newsletter, 1990 - 2000
Office Info
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- Worker's Compensation
- 3.6 miles away
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