Workers' Compensation Attorney II/III/IV*

$114,712 - $227,843 yearly

Job Description

The County Counsel's Office is recruiting for a Workers' Compensation Attorney. The position will perform the following duties:
  • Analyze complex legal and factual issues.
  • Conduct extensive, well-reasoned legal research.
  • Communicate, effectively work with, and provide guidance to Risk Management claim partners/adjusters.
  • Prepare pleadings including applications, answers and responsive pleadings.
  • Draft proposed compromise and release agreements, stipulations with request for awards, and AME/PQME letters.
  • Prepare trial briefs and appeals including petitions for reconsideration and writs.
  • Take depositions of applicants and cross-examinations of physicians.
  • Prepare strategies for resolution with little or no supervision.
  • Prepare for hearings including trial, cross-examination, trial exhibits and witnesses with little or no supervision.
  • Communicate with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, witnesses and opposing counsel and maintain a large caseload with little or no supervision.
Deputy County Counsel II
$114,712.00 - $152,339.20 Annually 
 
Deputy County Counsel III
$135,345.60 - $180,128.00 Annually

Deputy County Counsel IV
$156,166.40 - $227,843.20 Annually 

Minimum Requirements

License: Active membership with the California Bar Association.

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Workers' Compensation Attorney II: Twelve (12) months of experience as a workers' compensation attorney.

Workers' Compensation Attorney III: Thirty (30) months of experience as a workers' compensation attorney.

Workers' Compensation Attorney IV: Forty-eight (48) months of experience as a workers' compensation attorney.

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