Attorney II

Closing Date: 4th January, 2026

Description:

Job Location: Bismarck
Hiring Salary: $6,367 - $8,709 per month depending on experience

Why Join Us?
The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) offers meaningful and challenging work in a stable, mission-driven environment. We provide a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Employer-paid health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Generous paid leave
• Flexible work schedules
• Supportive work-life balance

Learn more about us at www.psc.nd.gov .

Position Overview:
The North Dakota Public Service Commission has an opportunity to work in the highly dynamic energy field. We're seeking an attorney to join our legal team and provide legal assistance and support across all PSC programs. This role is central to assisting General Counsel in supporting the implementation of the State's utility regulatory policy. This includes economic regulation, compliance regulation, siting of energy conversion and transmission facilities, gas pipeline safety, and state enforcement of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA).

In joining our team, you will have an opportunity to collaborate with economists, scientists, engineers, and policy specialists to evaluate utility proposals affecting rates, reliability, infrastructure, and environmental impacts. You will also provide legal insight into regional and national energy policy, grid integrity, and utility regulation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Legal services including legal research, analysis and advice;
• Representing advocacy staff and the Commission in administrative proceedings;
• Representing the Commission in civil proceedings and appeals;
• Advising and assisting in handling inquiries from the public, regulated industry, members of the legislature and other stakeholders regarding the interpretation of relevant statutes and regulations;
• Drafting administrative rules, proposed legislation, rule and bill testimony and other rule and bill documents; and
• Investigating or assisting in the investigation of alleged or potential violations of applicable laws and rules.

Minimum Qualifications:
Requires a Juris Doctorate degree, licensure to practice law in North Dakota, and two years of work experience as an attorney. Candidates must be eligible for appointment as a Special Assistant Attorney General.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Work experience in a regulatory environment;
• Work experience representing clients in administrative, judicial or trial proceedings;
• Work experience drafting letters, memos, complaints, notices, orders, briefs, and settlement documents;
• Legal expertise related to utility and environmental regulation and policy;
• Working knowledge of North Dakota regulated gas and electric utility operations;
• Work experience drafting administrative rules, proposed legislation, and rule and bill drafts.

About Team ND
"Far and away the best prize life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." - Theodore Roosevelt

More than 7,500 talented, hard-working people across sixty-three agencies have come together as Team North Dakota. At Team ND, we are driven to succeed through gratitude, humility, curiosity and courage. Our purpose is to empower people, improve lives, and inspire success. Join us in being legendary.

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Application Procedures
Applications will ONLY be accepted online through the ND PeopleSoft System.

• In addition to the online application, applicants must upload the following documents:
• Resume;
• Cover letter which includes a summary of how the applicant's education and work experience are related to the minimum and preferred qualifications;
• A recent legal writing sample;
• College transcripts; and,
• The name, address, and phone number of three (3) professional references (no letters of reference please).
• Candidates will be scored on a 100-point candidate questionnaire to be considered for interviews. Application materials, including resumes and attachments, are not considered in the 100-point candidate questionnaire. Applicants must provide detail in their responses to the questionnaire.
• Application materials must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Sponsorships will not be considered.
• Applicants who are residents of North Dakota and eligible to claim veteran's preference must upload Form DD214 or certification from the applicant's unit command that the individual is expected to be discharged or released from active duty in the uniformed services under other than dishonorable conditions not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of the submission of the certification. Claims for disabled veteran's preference must also include a current statement of disabled status from the Veteran's Affairs Office that is less than one year old.
• For more information about the position or if you need accommodation or assistance in the application or interview process, contact Sheila Zacher at (701) 328-4083, TTY 1-800-366-6888, or 711.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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