Attorney 3 Non Supervisory PUC

Full Job Description

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is seeking a highly motivated Pennsylvania attorney with exceptional writing skills for our Office of Special Assistants.

If you are looking for a position of the highest degree of professional responsibility for written legal advisory work, please apply for this challenging and rewarding position.

Requirements

The Attorney 3 will review the entire record provided for each case; identify, research, and analyze the issues involved; address the positions of the parties; and propose a resolution of the issues through a draft Commission order.

The Attorney 3 is expected to draft orders consistent with applicable court decisions, prior Commission decisions, and sound regulatory practice and policy.

The Attorney 3 also provides thorough legal review of orders drafted by the office's Rate Case Review Specialists.

Additionally, the Attorney 3 provides legal support within the Office of Special Assistants and, upon direction, to the Commissioners and such others within or outside of the Commission, as may be deemed necessary.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

Special Requirement:

• You must have certification of admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or eligibility for such certification.

Additional Requirements:

• You must possess professional legal experience with public utility or administrative law that involves highly responsible and complex legal work.
• You must possess appellate legal experience that involves public utility or administrative law.
• You must have been legal counsel for, or represented, public utilities in your career.
• You must have served in a judicial clerkship.
• You must possess professional legal experience in which you were responsible for drafting adjudications and/or judicial or quasi-judicial decisions/orders.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Preferred Qualifications (not required):

• Full-time professional legal experience

How to Apply:

Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position.

Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).

If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce.

The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.