Workers' Compensation Attorney - Associate

Our client, a prominent personal injury law firm with offices throughout Pennsylvania, has an immediate need for an experienced Workers Compensation Attorney - Associate, to join our winning team in Philadelphia.

Our candidate of choice will be responsible for both coverage (including court appearances and depositions) and brief writing. You will manage all fundamental aspects of the firm’s cases, researching a variety of legal issues that are related to workers’ compensation, social security disability, veterans’ benefits, and long-term disability issues, drafting and writing briefs for numerous cases handled by our firm.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide coverage, including court appearances and depositions, throughout Pennsylvania. Coverage can include travel to PA hearing offices as well as our satellite offices located in Bristol and Harrisburg.
• 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.

KEY QUALIFCATIONS:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university.
• Bar Admission: Pennsylvania
• One to four years of Workers' Compensation experience (defense or claimant).
• Must be able to provide own transportation for travel.

Please apply today to be one of the first people considered for this position!

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