Closing Date: 29th March, 2024
Description:
The Office of the New York State Attorney General's Taxpayer
Protection Bureau (TPB) is seeking an experienced litigator who is
entrepreneurial, creative, and motivated to lead and pursue complex
civil investigations and litigation involving fraud committed against
New York State and its local governments.
TPB
is a close-knit, collegial team doing complex and high-value work for
the State of New York by handling whistleblower cases and investigations
under the New York False Claims Act. TPB's investigations regularly
involve coordination with other state and federal agencies and with
whistleblowers, who file qui tam actions under the federal and New York
False Claims Acts. Frauds investigated by TPB include large tax frauds;
frauds involving government contracts for goods or services; frauds
involving government investments; and frauds involving government-funded
social programs.
Over the past decade, TPB has
successfully recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for New York
taxpayers. Several recent matters of note include a $105 million
settlement with a hedge fund manager who evaded New York taxes, a
settlement with a construction company that violated New York State
diversity requirements for public projects by falsely certifying its use
of women and minority owned businesses (MWBEs); recovery of $36 million
from a major fashion retailer that illegally kept unused gift card
money and making these funds accessible to affected-consumers; and
securing $6 million from a utility giant for misreporting electricity
usage that funds a program to subsidize heat pump modernization for low
and moderate-income homeowners.
The Bureau
provides an excellent professional platform for attorneys to develop and
refine their first-chair professional skills in both investigations and
enforcement actions. Such skills include taking testimony, managing
evidence, performing case analysis, interacting directly with opposing
counsel, settlement negotiation, motion practice, and other oral and
written advocacy.
Qualifications:
- At least three (3) years of relevant post-graduate legal experience is required; however, TPB will also consider well-qualified applicants who have fewer years of post-graduate experience;
- Experience in complex civil litigation and/or white-collar investigations;
- Familiarity with practice in both federal and New York state courts;
- Strong writing, research, analytical, teamwork, and organizational skills; and
- Experience with the False Claims Act and/or tax matters is a plus.
Applicants
must reside in (or intend to soon become a resident of) New York State
and be admitted to practice law in New York State. In addition, the
Public Officers Law requires that OAG attorneys be citizens of the
United States. A two (2) year commitment upon being hired is a condition
of employment.