In re the Claim of Gooch

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 26, 2012, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant worked as a paralegal for the employer, a law firm, for approximately seven months before she was terminated for misconduct. Upon her application, claimant was found eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. The case was reopened following the employer’s failure to appear at the initial hearing and, after a hearing on the merits, the Administrative…