At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage workers' compensation claims and provide expert legal advice to clients.
- Company: Established law firm in Parramatta focused on client care and injury compensation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary up to $180,000 plus superannuation and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Opportunity to grow your own practice within a personal, client-focused environment.
- Why this job: Join a supportive team and make a real difference for injured clients.
- Qualifications: 3 to 7 years PQE in plaintiff workers' compensation with strong client interaction skills.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
Our client is a well established, multi-disciplinary Western Sydney law firm based in Parramatta. Its injury compensation practice acts only for injured people, on a no win, no fee basis, alongside the firm's family law, property and wills and estates practices. The team includes accredited specialists with long experience, and the firm is known for a personal, client focused approach. It resolves matters efficiently where it can and is prepared to run them to hearing where it needs to.
The Opportunity
Our client is looking for an Associate or Senior Associate to run a workers compensation practice from its Parramatta office, with work injury damages (WID) and public liability (PL) matters alongside. The title will match your experience.
Your work will include:
- Running statutory workers compensation claims, including weekly benefits, s60 medical and treatment expenses, and s66 lump sum claims for permanent impairment (WPI)
- Reviewing insurer s78 notices and internal review decisions, and advising clients on disputes
- Preparing and running matters before the Personal Injury Commission, including Applications to Resolve a Dispute and conciliation and arbitration
- Preparing IRO (ILARS) funding applications and managing matters within the grant
- Running WID claims, including assessing whether the impairment threshold is met, preparing pre-filing statements and attending mediation at the PIC
- Running public liability claims under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), from liability investigation through to settlement or proceedings
- Obtaining medical, employment and liability evidence, and briefing medico-legal experts and counsel
- Conducting settlement negotiations and attending conferences and mediations
- Giving clients clear, practical advice throughout their claim
Practice split: mostly workers compensation, with WID and PL
Remuneration: up to $180,000 plus superannuation, depending on experience
About You
- 3 to 7 years' PQE, admitted in NSW
- Solid plaintiff workers compensation experience, including PIC matters and IRO funded files
- Experience in WID, and ideally PL, will be well regarded
- A sound working knowledge of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and the Civil Liability Act 2002
- Able to run a file load from instructions to resolution with a high level of autonomy
- Confident dealing with clients, insurers, doctors, experts and counsel
- Wants to build a long term career in plaintiff work
- A second language will be well regarded, given the firm's diverse client base
What's on Offer
- Carriage of a workers compensation practice with WID and PL exposure
- Associate or Senior Associate title, depending on experience
- Direct access to the firm's principals
- A personal, client focused firm based in Parramatta
- A role in growing the injury compensation practice
How to Apply
This search is being managed on a confidential basis by Hooker Heijden Legal Recruitment. For a confidential discussion, please contact Niki Kunovski, 0422 561 ***.
Senior Associate, Plaintiff Workers' Compensation in Parramatta employer: Hooker and Heijden - Insurance and Underwriting Recruitment
Join a well-established law firm in Liverpool or Caringbah, NSW, where you will enjoy a supportive and collegiate work culture that prioritises client-focused outcomes in family law. With a strong emphasis on professional growth, this role offers high autonomy in managing your caseload, alongside flexible working arrangements and an attractive remuneration package, making it an excellent choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
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