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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...

The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh and Johnstown. The vacancy for Pittsburgh will occur as of October 17, 2026 upon the retirement of current United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly. The vacancy for Johnstown is expected to be filled on or after April 1, 2027. The duties of the position are demanding and wide-ranging and will include, but are not limited to: (1) trial and disposition of civil cases upon consent of the litigants; (2) trial and disposition of misdemeanor cases; (3) conduct of various pretrial matters including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment and discovery motions, and evidentiary proceedings on reference from the judges of the District Court; (4) conduct of most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases. The basic authority of a United States Magistrate Judge is specified in 28 U.S.C. § 636. To be...