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**Hearing Representative - Workers Compensation Defense**:
**Location**: Remote (California Workers Compensation jurisdiction required)**
**Employment Type**: Direct Hire - Full Time**
**Compensation**: $55,000 - $120,000 base salary + bonus eligibility and benefits**:
**HireNow Staffing is actively recruiting a seasoned, highly skilled**Hearing Representative (Workers Compensation Defense)** to join one of our valued client partners. HireNow Staffing is acting as a**direct placement partner for this legal advocacy role within a California-based workers compensation defense practice**.**:
**Position Overview**:
**The Hearing Representative will manage a caseload of workers compensation lien files and represent clients during proceedings before the**California Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)**. The role requires strong familiarity with California workers compensation procedures, the ability to analyze medical documentation, and the confidence to advocate before administrative judges during lien-related disputes.**:
**This role is focused on professionals who already operate within the California workers compensation system and who can independently manage lien litigation, settlement negotiations, and formal hearings.**:
**Core Responsibilities**:

- **Manage a full caseload of lien files from initial evaluation through final resolution**:

- **Analyze medical documentation and rate permanent disability using the**AMA Guides**:

- **Review and assess medical records to determine**apportionment of disability** across contributing causes**:

- **Represent clients before**WCAB judges** at Mandatory Settlement Conferences (MSC), Status Conferences, and walk-through settlements**:





- **Advocate on behalf of employers, insurance carriers, and third-party administrators during**medical lien hearings**:

- **Conduct negotiations with lien claimants to resolve disputes where appropriate**:

- **Prepare legal documentation including**settlement agreements, declarations, and written position statements**:

- **Maintain consistent communication with clients by providing case updates, summaries, and strategic recommendations**:

- **Manage high-volume caseloads within a fully digital case management environment**:
**Required Qualifications (Non-Negotiable)**:

- **Minimum 3 years of California workers compensation defense experience as a Hearing Representative**:

- **Direct experience**appearing before WCAB judges** in substantive hearings**:

- **Demonstrated experience**arguing medical lien disputes before a judge**:

- **Experience handling**medical liens**, not solely copy service liens**:

- **Strong proficiency rating permanent disability using the**AMA Guides**:

- **Experience reviewing medical records and determining**apportionment**:

- **Ability to independently manage a**high-volume lien caseload**:

- **Experience drafting legal documents such as**settlement agreements, declarations, and written position statements**:





- **Comfort operating within a**paperless legal environment**:

- **Stable employment history with no pattern of job hopping**:
**Preferred Qualifications**:
**The following qualifications are highly desirable**:

- **Experience working within a**California workers compensation defense firm**:

- **Experience working for**insurance carriers or third-party administrators (TPAs)**:

- **Experience handling complex medical lien litigation matters**:

- **Strong written communication skills used for formal case summaries and client reporting**:

- **Background representing clients in**Mandatory Settlement Conferences and lien hearings**:
**HireNow Staffing is seeking**experienced workers compensation hearing professionals with demonstrated courtroom advocacy experience within the California WCAB system**.**:

- **Active experience appearing before**WCAB judges** and arguing lien disputes**:

- **Proven ability to manage lien files independently from intake through resolution**:

- **Strong working knowledge of**California workers compensation law and procedures**:

**Confidence representing clients in hearings and negotiations**:

- **Prior experience working for**workers compensation defense firms, insurance carriers, TPAs, or lien resolution organizations**:
**Work Location**:

- **Remote role supporting California workers compensation matters**:
**Visa sponsorship is**not available** for this position.**:
**Compensation & Benefits**:

- **Base Salary**:$55,000 - $120,000** depending on experience**:

- **Bonus eligibility**:

- **Comprehensive benefits package**:
**HireNow Staffing Disclaimer**:

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📌 Hearing Representative - Workers Compensation Defense (California)
🏢 HireNow Staffing
📍 California