United States Department of Labor Office of Administrative Law Judges Organizational Chart - Plain Text Description August 27, 2002 OALJ, which is headquartered in Washington, D.C., is headed by the Chief Judge, who is also the Chair of the Board of Contract Appeals and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals Directly under the Chief Judge are two Associate Chief Judges. One Associate Chief Judge manages longshore workers' compensation cases. The other Associate Chief Judge manages black lung benefits cases and traditional cases. OALJ has District Offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Cincinnati, Ohio, Metairie, Louisiana, Newport News, Virginia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California. Each District Office is headed by a District Chief Judge. National office and District office judges are assigned to each office. Also under the Chief Judge is the Director of Program Operations. Under the Director of Program Operations are the divisions of Docket, Administrative Services, and Information Resources Management.