Strong writing skills and attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Salary Information:
The salary for this position will vary depending on experience and qualifications. However, the average salary for an Associate Attorney in the Workers’ Compensation/Social Security Disability field is around $70,000-$80,000 per year. This can also vary based on location, with larger cities typically offering higher salaries.
Job Title:
Associate Attorney – Workers’ Compensation / Social Security Disability
Experience Information:
One to four years of Workers’ Compensation experience (defense or claimant).
One to three years of Social Security Disability experience.
Department:
Legal
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide coverage, including court appearances and depositions, throughout Pennsylvania.
- Draft findings of fact, conclusions of law, and briefs to workers’ compensation judges.
- Write appellate briefs and occasional appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board.
- Prepare petitions to review, docketing statements, statements of issues, moving and responding briefs, reproduced records, and motions to the Commonwealth Court.
- Research legal issues on a variety of workers’ compensation issues.
- Read published appellate decisions and draft case summaries.
- 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:
- Juris Doctor (.) and Bachelor’s degree (.) 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.
- Strong writing skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Salary Information:
The average salary for an Associate Attorney in the Workers’ Compensation/Social Security Disability field is around $70,000-$80,000 per year. This can vary based on experience, qualifications, and location.
H1: Associate Attorney – Workers’ Compensation / Social Security Disability
H2: Essential Duties and 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.
- 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:
- Juris Doctor (.) and Bachelor’s degree (.) 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.
- Strong writing skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize workload.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
Salary Information:
The average salary for an Associate Attorney in the Workers’ Compensation/Social Security Disability field is around $70,000-$80,000 per year. This can vary based on experience, qualifications, and location.
Responsibilities:
- Provide coverage, including court appearances and depositions, throughout Pennsylvania.
- Draft findings of fact, conclusions of law, and briefs to workers’ compensation judges.
- Write appellate briefs and occasional appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board.
- Prepare petitions to review, docketing statements, statements of issues, moving and responding briefs, reproduced records, and motions to the Commonwealth Court.
- Research legal issues on a variety of workers’ compensation issues.
- Read published appellate decisions and draft case summaries.
- 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:
- Juris Doctor (.) and Bachelor’s degree (.) from four
