Administrative Law Judge

Overview

THE POSITION
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Administrative Law Judges mete out justice in areas of vital importance to quality of life - water, electric, gas, telecommunications, and transportation.

THE POSITION
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Administrative Law Judges mete out justice in areas of vital importance to quality of life - water, electric, gas, telecommunications, and transportation.

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Administrative Law Judges serve a judicial role. They hear and write decisions on all types of public utility cases that impact the public, including for example, consumer billing and service complaints, applications to provide utility service, utility requests to increase rates, mergers and acquisitions, investigations of rail/highway crossings, and energy efficiency and conservation plans. PUC ALJs may also resolve cases serving as settlement judges.

PUC ALJs conduct proceedings involving expert witnesses as well as public witnesses. PUC ALJs work in a dynamic environment providing due process.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  Part-time work from home (telework) may be a potential feature of this position. The successful candidate is required to report to the headquarters worksite daily, unless the employee meets eligibility requirements and telework has been approved. Management may discontinue any telework arrangement at any time, for any reason. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection.
  
  If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office.
• To be eligible to participate in telework, the employee's alternate (telework) worksite must meet the following requirements:
• Within a reasonable travel distance of headquarters and
• Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
• Please direct all questions regarding reasonable distance and the type of available telework to the PUC Human Resource Office at ra-puchr or .
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Five years of professional experience in the practice of law and presently an attorney in good standing before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, including at least three years in one or a combination of the following varieties of specialized experience:
• A judge of a court of record with primary responsibility for drafting proposed opinions and orders
• The head, member, or counsel of a governmental regulatory body holding formal hearings and making or recommending decisions on the basis of the record of such hearings
• Experience in a government regulatory body as an examiner, Administrative Law Judge officer or employee presiding over formal hearings and making or recommending decisions on the basis of the records of such hearings
• Preparation or presentation of cases at formal hearings conducted by governmental regulatory bodies or court proceedings relating thereto
• Preparation and trial of cases in courts of record or the preparation and appeals there from, which evidence skills in the area of regulation with which the AU shall be concerned
• Service as a responsible official of a governmental regulatory body, whose duties require him/her to review, analyze, evaluate and recommend action to be taken, and assist in the preparation of opinions by the head (or heads) of the body on decisions or recommended decision on cases made by hearing officers on the record of formal hearings, or render responsible assistance to the head (or heads) of the body in the preparation for, or hearing of cases to be formally heard, cases coming for a formal hearing before the head (or heads) of the body, or in the preparation of decisions by the head or heads of the body of such cases
• Teaching Administrative Law, Public Utility Law, Motor Carrier Law,…