Senior Workers' Compensation Attorney - Insurance Firm
A leading provider of workers' compensation insurance who is dedicated to protecting businesses, their employees and creating safer workplaces is looking to bring in a Workers' Comp Attorney that will represent the company's policyholders in workers' compensation litigation through settlement, trial, or appeal and to issue advisory opinions on legal issues, including issues of policy inception and coverage as appropriate.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage high exposure disputes and litigation, including trials and appeals to Labor & Industrial Relations Commission and Courts of Appeals.
- Provide legal advice on complex matters including but not limited to; conflicts, discovery, lost time, medical treatment, permanent partial disability, vocational issues, occupational diseases, firefighter cancer, fatal cases, mesothelioma, permanent total disability, and other complex or serous cases.
- Act as lead counsel at trials and hearings of workers compensation cases throughout the state.
- Communicate with the court, witnesses, opposing counsel and co-counsel with professional diplomacy and discretion.
- Facilitate prompt, efficient and effective disposition of assigned cases.
- Independently prepare and present witnesses and evidence at trials, judicial/administrative hearings, arbitrations and alternative dispute resolutions.
- Appear in all Missouri state courts and before all Workers Compensation Division administrative law judges in all pre-trial, trial, and post-trial proceedings, including appeals.
- Independently conduct depositions and other discovery of lay, medical and expert witnesses, approved by claims representatives.
- Negotiate settlement of workers compensation claims pursuant to authority granted by claims representatives on an as needed basis.
- Provide oversight over Outside Counsel on high exposure claims as needed, including but not limited to out of state litigation.
Skills:
- Proficient knowledge of Missouri's workers compensation laws and administration.
- Knowledge of medical terminology and procedures.
- Advanced knowledge of state rules of evidence and rules of civil and appellate procedure.
- Must make presentations in front of both small and large groups of people, including other attorneys and judges.
- Exhibit an expertise in medical knowledge sufficient to independently and effectively interact with insureds, medical professionals, opposing counsel, judges, the Division of Workers' Compensation, Labor and Industrial Relations, and Courts of Appeals, and advocate effectively on appeal, if applicable.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in insurance law and/or workers compensation law.
- Demonstrated competence in trial advocacy and appellate practice.
- License to practice law in Missouri
- License to practice law in Illinois, a plus
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