Closing Date: 14th July, 2026
Description:
About this Job:The Division of Administration/Office of General Counsel has a vacancy.
The Office of General Counsel provides professional legal services to the various offices within the Division of Administration. OGC's trained team of attorneys, paralegals and support personnel also collaborate with legal representatives of other agencies, particularly in service areas provided by and through DOA.
This attorney position represents the Division of Administration (DOA), Office of Group Benefits (OGB)—the statewide group health benefits plan with over a billion-dollar budget providing services to approximately 250,000 state employees, retirees, school board employees, and their dependents.
The Division of Administration is the state government's management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:
- Overseeing the state's capital construction program
- Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
- Development of the state budget
- Providing technology services
- Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
- Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes
Minimum Qualifications:
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Position-Specific Details:
Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.
How to Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions, including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments, and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system.
Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application.
For further information about this posting, please contact:
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
- Defends OGB on payment issues, coverage and contractual disputes, statutory penalty and attorney's fees allegations, and eligibility matters both prior to and after suit has been filed.
- Provides legal counsel to OGB executive management in the preparation of solicitations, review and evaluation of proposals, and the formation of complex and detailed contracts for health care delivery, plan administration, claims adjudication, technical and administrative services, life insurance, and other professional and consulting services involving expenditures of hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Handles subrogation matters referred by OGB's third-party administrator requesting settlement, including reviewing and evaluating documentation, retrieving OGB Medical Payments Summary Reports, calculating benefits, researching damage amounts, obtaining clarification or additional information from the OGB's third-party administrator or the plan member's attorney, negotiating with the plan member's attorney, and proposing settlement recommendations to the OGB CEO or his designee.
- The incumbent is expected to be familiar with public records law and the handling of public record requests, including but not limited to, scrutinizing documents submitted by an agency in response to a request; determining whether the documents are subject to production or excluded therefrom; redacting the documentation for privileged and confidential information; and communicating with the agency and requestor as well as any other appropriate person (e.g., a proposer).
- Assists with the Commissioner's administrative appeal process, advising on and drafting decisions for administrative appeals to the Commissioner based on a review and examination of the appeal, the underlying documents (Requests for Proposals, proposals, responses to public records requests, etc.), and the related procurement rules and case law.
- Performs various duties for the Office of General Counsel on an as-needed basis at the direction of the Executive Counsel
Position-Specific Details:
- Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by a new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.
- Career Progression: This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as an Attorney 1, 2, 3, or 4.
- Compensation: This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) as follows:
- If filled as an Attorney 1, the SER is $2,426.40 biweekly
- If filled as an Attorney 2, the SER is $2,596.00 biweekly
- If filled as an Attorney 3, the SER is $2,920.80 biweekly
- If filled as an Attorney 4, the SER is $3,125.60 biweekly
Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.
How to Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions, including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments, and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system.
Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application.
For further information about this posting, please contact:
Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
Email: Erica.Gay@la.gov
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
Email: Erica.Gay@la.gov
