• Location: Fully Remote
• Type: Perm
• Job #24412

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:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• 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.

Compensation:
Salary: $110,000 – $165,000