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    LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD

    Executive Team

    Chief Counsel
    Jason Worley

    ​As Chief Counsel to the PLCB, Jason Worley serves as in-house counsel to the PLCB's board and oversees a team of attorneys that advises and provides legal representation to the agency and its different bureaus on a wide variety of matters impacting the business operations and/or regulatory functions of the agency. The PLCB legal office is also responsible for providing advisory opinions to licensees, as well as responding to inquiries from non-licensed individuals, on ​questions pertaining to the importation, manufacturer, distribution and/or sale of alcoholic beverages into or within Pennsylvania.

    Since Jason joined the PLCB in 2010, he has served in various roles within the legal office, first as an assistant counsel and later as a deputy chief counsel, with supervisory responsibilities. Over the past several years, Jason has taken on an increased leadership role within the counsel's office as well as within the agency. Immediately prior to becoming Chief Counsel, Jason served as acting chief counsel while his predecessor, Rod Diaz, served as PLCB acting executive director.

    During his career, Jason has provided legal representation to the PLCB and its different bureaus in a variety of matters, having appeared before numerous administrative tribunals, including PLCB-appointed hearing examiners, the state Board of Claims, the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, the state Civil Service Commission, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Most recently, Jason's primary areas of practice for the PLCB have focused on employment-related matters, legislative and regulatory drafting and review, Right-to-Know Law matters, and business-related special projects.

    Prior to joining the PLCB, Jason served as a law clerk to the Honorable Renée Cohn Jubelirer of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania; before that, he was an assistant counsel for the Pennsylvania Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.

    Jason is a graduate of the Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg) and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Penn State University, where he majored in political science and minored in labor and industrial relations.​