Lead the City of Boston Law Department’s Workers’ Compensation Division, under the direction of the Law Department’s First Assistant for Litigation. Primary responsibilities include representing the City of Boston as a self-insurer in workers’ compensation litigation, providing legal advice to the City’s Workers’ Compensation team, and supervising workers’ compensation legal staff.

• Reviews, interprets, and applies established law to the Workers' Compensation program.
• Supervises, hires, and reviews the work of workers’ compensation legal staff.
• Participates in review, as necessary, of incoming cases with case managers and other employees in the office to provide legal input as necessary.
• Oversees legal activities and represents the City as a self-insurer for workers’ compensation at the Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) as well as state and federal courts in all phases of litigation.
• Provides legal support for the City’s ongoing compliance with the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA) Section 111 mandatory reporting requirements. 
• Coordinates the investigation and legal dispute of Medicare Secondary Payer conditional payment demands and U.S. Treasury debt offsets to mitigate liability for workers' compensation and accidental disability retirement claims.
• Provides legal support for letters directing payment, modification, or termination of workers' compensation claims.
• Advise on compliance, regulatory issues, contracts, transactional work generally, and letters in cases involving a third-party action. 
• Leads legal processes to allow the City to recover monies due.
• Participates in discussions of the progress and outcome of active cases and the coordination of return to work efforts.
• Participates in reviews of patterns and frequency of cases with departments to promote better work practices and reduce injuries where applicable.
• Participates in the drafting of annual audit report and forwards to the Corporation Counsel.
• Performs related duties as required.

• At least nine (9) years of experience as a lawyer in a law firm or governmental law office.
• At least five (5) years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience in the workers’ compensation field, preferably in a self-insured employer worker’s compensation program, of which two (2) years must have been in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
• Admission to the Massachusetts Bar and current active registration status with the Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers.
• Knowledge of the jurisdiction, functions, and procedures of the Department of Industrial Accidents and state courts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Workers' Compensation law (MGL c. 152) and of applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations; of the financial instruments and best practices in self-insured workers’ compensation programs; of customer service best practices; of computer applications and systems utilized for workers' compensation claims management.
• Demonstrated ability to represent the City in all phases of litigation; to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and managers throughout the organization; and to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated leadership skills to promote teamwork, encourage initiative, manage projects, and drive process improvement.
• Strong conflict resolution skills and oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills, to all levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask.
• Ability to work independently as well as perform in a team environment.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and focus on details as required by the job.

BOSTON RESIDENCY REQUIRED

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Union/Salary Plan/Grade: Non-Union/MM2-15
Hours per week:  5