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| INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION *Are you ready to work for an exceptional state agency that works to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of the employees in the State of Arizona? Apply with us! The Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) is committed to the highest standards of compliance, demonstrating leadership in all areas, and teaching and working with employers and employees to make them successful. A thriving workforce in Arizona is what we strive for and work towards each day.Delivering results that matter by providing best in class support services.* | | --- | ### **ATTORNEY 4** | Job Location: | | --- | Legal Division 800 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 | Posting Details: | | --- | #### Salary: $91,300.00 #### Grade: 3 #### Closing Date: Open Until Filled | Job Summary: | | --- | The Senior Staff Attorney (Attorney IV) is primarily a collections and enforcement position, with approximately 25–50% of the work dedicated to collecting money owed to the State through demand letters, garnishments, judgment enforcement, asset investigations, and other collection efforts. The attorney also represents the Industrial Commission of Arizona in Special Fund matters involving uninsured workers' compensation claims, second injury claims, and supportive care claims under A.R.S. §§ 23-966 and 23-1065; enforces employer workers' compensation insurance requirements under A.R.S. § 23-961; pursues subrogation in third-party no-insurance claims; represents the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health in enforcement of the Arizona Occupational Safety and Health Act; represents the Labor Division in minimum wage, EPST, retaliation, and youth employment matters; provides legal advice to the Commission; assists with legislative and rulemaking matters; and manages assigned cases using the ICA's electronic case management system. *This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.* *The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.* | Job Duties: | | --- | **Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:** • Provides legal counsel to the Accounting Collections Unit and manages the agency's collections litigation, including filing lawsuits, obtaining judgments, and negotiating settlements. • Conducts discovery, legal research, and legal analysis to support litigation and agency matters. • Develops litigation strategies and prepares legal opinions. • Represents the agency in prehearing conferences, settlement conferences, hearings, trials, mediations, and appellate proceedings. • Drafts and reviews legal opinions, memoranda, briefs, settlement agreements, and legal correspondence. • Communicates with agency leadership, clients, judges, opposing counsel, witnesses, and the public. • Participates in Arizona Management System (AMS) initiatives, including continuous improvement, goal setting, and development of standard work | Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): | | --- | **Knowledge in** • Arizona administrative practices, procedures, personnel rules, and state agency requirements. • Industrial Commission of Arizona’s mission, policies, procedures, and Legal Division practices. • Legal research methods, legal principles, and application of laws to complex legal issues. • Arizona and federal laws related to workers’ compensation, OSHA, labor and employment, administrative law, appellate and superior court procedures, rulemaking, regulatory requirements, contracting and procurement, open meetings, public records, insurance…