Anne M. Hammill-Pasqua

Ms. Hammill-Pasqua focuses her practice in the representation of employers, self-insured companies, and insurance carriers in workers’ compensation defense matters, as well as Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation and Defense Base Act matters. Prior to joining Capehart Scatchard, Anne served as a Judicial Clerk for Director/Chief Judge Paul A. Kapalko, Division of Workers’ Compensation for the State of New Jersey and a Judicial Intern for the Office of the Governor, Governor Christine Todd Whitman, US Attorney Office.

Publications

The Impact of Illegal Activities and Working While Incarcerated On Suitable Alternate Employment and Section 8(j) Forfeiture, Capehart Scatchard Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter, August, 2011.

The Fourth Circuit Court Rejects Argument To Trigger Statute of Limitation Period Under Section 22 Based Upon Medical Payments, Capehart Scatchard Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter, June, 2011.

Benefits Review Board Vacates ALJ s Decision For Nominal Award Based Upon Stateside Wages Opposed To Average Weekly Wage As Strictly Set Forth By Section 8(c), Capehart Scatchard Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter, June, 2011.

BRB Reversed ALJ s Dismissal Of Claim Based Upon Horseplay And Unauthorized Break Severing The Employment Nexus, Capehart Scatchard Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter, July, 2010.

Ninth Circuit Rejects The Situs-Of-Injury Test Adopted By The BRB In Addressing Eligibility For Benefits Under OCSLA, Capehart Scatchard Longshore and Defense Base Act Newsletter, July, 2010.

Recent Rule Adoptions, Capehart Scatchard Workers’ Compensation Newsletter, April, 2010.

2008-Case Law In Review, Capehart Scatchard Workers’ Compensation Newsletter, February, 2009.

Professional Awards & Honors

Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers - Rising Stars list (2010-2015 in the area of Workers’ Compensation)

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Classes & Seminars

“Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey: Critical Essentials From Both Sides of the Aisle,” National Business Institute, December 2024

“Essential Workers’ Compensation Hearing And Appeal Tactics: Perspective From Both Sides Of The Aisle” and “Mastering The Art of Settlement Negotiations,” in-house NBI, May 2024

“Ocean County Mock Trial Competition,” New Jersey State Bar Foundation, January 2016.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Corporate Care,” in-house Barnabas Health Corporate Care, 2016.

“New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Law for Physicians, in-house,” Barnabas Health Corporate Care, 2014, 2015.

“The Relationship Among ADA, FMLA & Workers’ Compensation,” In-House Barnabas Health, 2013.

Do’s and Don’ts of Workers’ Compensation Claims, Monmouth-Ocean Development Council, 2012.

New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Update, Council on Education in Management, 2006.

New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Update 2004, Council on Education in Management, 2004.

Five Most Common Injuries in Workers’ Compensation in New Jersey, Lorman Education Services, 2003.

Preventing Abuses Under the FMLA, ADA, NJLAD and Workers’ Compensation Laws: Beyond the Basics, The Human Resource Association of Southern New Jersey, 2003.