Attorney 3 Non Supervisory PUC

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.

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 offices 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

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 and click on Veterans.

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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.