What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Counsel, Workers Compensation position at Landing Point?
Company Overview:
A leading insurance company is seeking California-licensed attorneys residing outside California to represent them in workers’ compensation matters. The role involves handling cases before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and supports both full-time and part-time schedules.
Job Responsibilities:
The post Staff Counsel, Workers Compensation appeared first on Landing Point.
A leading insurance company is seeking California-licensed attorneys residing outside California to represent them in workers’ compensation matters. The role involves handling cases before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and supports both full-time and part-time schedules.
Job Responsibilities:
- Competently represent the Employer/Carrier before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board at administrative hearings, conferences, trials, and appeals.
- Responsible for the prompt, efficient, and effective disposition of assigned cases.
- Appear remotely at depositions, cross-examinations, mediations, arbitrations, and other legal-driven activities.
- Analyze complex legal and factual issues, conduct extensive legal research, and develop defense strategies.
- Prepare pleadings, petitions, motions, correspondence, and briefs in support of defense strategies.
- Provide thorough and timely communication, information, legal advice, and other services to Claims, Underwriting, and employers.
- Comply with Litigation Management Guidelines with minimal supervision.
- Assist in developing training materials for Claims, Underwriting, and employers.
- Handle carve-out cases and be familiar with the practices and procedures of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADR).
- Communicate with Workers’ Compensation Judges, claims professionals, witnesses, opposing counsels, and clients.
- Keep current with market trends and demands, and attend continuing legal education seminars.
- Licensed by the California State Bar.
- Strong technical knowledge of the California Labor Code and Rules of Practice and Procedure.
- Ability to handle a caseload of up to 95 cases from inception to settlement and/or appellate level.
- 1 year experience in Workers’ Compensation practice.
- Strong working knowledge of EAMS, Lexis Advance, Microsoft Office.
- Trial and/or arbitration experience.
- Appellate experience.
- Technical ability to appear remotely at WCAB district offices and other legal venues.
The post Staff Counsel, Workers Compensation appeared first on Landing Point.
Salary : $110,000 - $165,000
