Associate Attorney – (Workers’ Compensation / Social Security Disability)

Job Type:

full-time

Summary:

This attorney is responsible for both coverage (including court appearances and depositions) and brief writing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

WC Responsibilities:

• Providing coverage, including court appearances and depositions, throughout Pennsylvania.
• Locating exhibits and transcripts in cases awaiting briefs.
• Drafting findings of fact, conclusions of law, and briefs to workers’ compensation judges.
• Writing appellate briefs and occasional appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board.
• Preparing petitions to review, docketing statements, statements of issues, moving and responding briefs, reproduced records, and motions to the Commonwealth Court.
• Researching legal issues on a variety of workers’ compensation issues.
• Reading published appellate decisions and drafting case summaries.

SSD Responsibilities:

• Review and screen new client matters to determine the likelihood of success.
• Consider and evaluate other income that would reduce the value of the disability benefit at issue.
• Identify appeal or statute of limitation deadlines.
• Review medical and vocational records.
• Provide reasonable expectations regarding timing concerns.
• Prepare clients and claims for hearings, including telephone conferences, preparing briefs, reviewing files/e-files, recommending both pre and post hearing actions, and completing post hearing summaries.
• Delegate matters as appropriate to a case manager and case manager support specialist.
• Manage all aspects of client relationships, including meetings and telephone conferences, to address questions regarding claim.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university.
• One to four years of Workers’ Compensation experience (defense or claimant).
• One to three years of Social Security Disability experience.
• Must be able to provide own transportation and travel to hearings as needed