Job Post - Attorney - Arizona
amwfllc
Headquartered in Wakefield Massachusetts, with employees in fifteen
states, our client is the fastest growing benefit advocacy
organization in the United States. Focusing on Social Security and
Medicare, their mission is to expedite benefit claim processing for
clients, enabling them to focus on their health and family. Their
accountability-based culture is a great fit for a hard worker with
strong interpersonal and communication skills, and who has worked in a
rapid growth, early stage company.
Being upstanding, trustworthy, earnest, passionate and committed is
the basis for our core values. If you share in these values, you may
be just the right fit.
Our client currently has an immediate opening for a full time attorney
for the Tuscon, AZ (Northern Arizona) region, working from a home
office, with travel up to 75%. Responsibilities include:
· Prepare cases for administrative hearings including complete
updating of the evidence and submission of a compelling pre-hearing
brief and/or on-the-record request (i.e. motion for summary judgment)
· Calendar management including the scheduling of said hearings,
claimant calls, and other meetings
· Draft, write and answer various motions and correspondences
(pre and post-hearing)
· Coordinate proper copying, filing, faxing and mailing as
needed
· Create a strong working relationship with legal support staff
· Establish and maintain an excellent working relationship with
claimant advocates and benefit coordinators to ensure information flow
for claims at all stages
· Provide leadership and management that demonstrate and
reinforces company mission and core values
At Hearings, the Attorney will:
· Be prepared to make opening and closing statements and conduct
direct and cross examinations of the claimant and any expert witnesses
· Engage the Judge in discussion on the merits of the case,
citing to the evidence of record and the applicable law
· Represent our client in a professional, informed and
appropriate courtroom manner at all times
Qualifications:
The successful completion of the essential duties is dependent upon
the candidate’s ability to meet and maintain standing in the following
BFOQ’s:
· Admission to the state bar and good standing with the said bar
· Good standing with all Federal agencies, specifically allowing
for the ability to practice before Administrative Law Judges at SSDI
Hearings
· Establishment of a permanent residence in the one of the
states listed above
· Creation, maintenance and use of a home office located inside
said residence as outlined in the offer letter
· The ability and willingness to travel by commercial airline to
all fifty states in the US, as well as Puerto Rico; a valid driver’s
license and the ability to rent a car at a local airport rental car
facility; and the ability to reserve a hotel room
· The ability and willingness to travel to any and all locations
as specified above, by air and/or automobile, on average three to four
days per week
· Exceptional writing and oral advocacy skills
· Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Word and Outlook
To apply, please submit your resume, including salary requirements, in
a MS Word or PDF format to 52...@resumereviewteam.com. No phone calls
please. Qualified candidates will be responded to as quickly as
possible.
Please note: Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work
authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in
the future.