Closing Date: 20th December, 2024
Description:
Job Description and Duties:Under the direction of the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Director Legal Unit (OD-Legal), and the Assistant Chief Counsels, Attorneys represent the Director of A Government Department, the Department, and division chiefs and managers in a wide and interesting variety of subject areas that are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of the Department. Attorneys are expected to independently handle a caseload, to have solid lawyering skills, and to have some level of subject matter expertise in or more areas of the Department's responsibility.
Duties may include but are not limited to:
- Representing the Director of DIR in workers' compensation cases involving special funds administered by the Director;
- Representing the Department, Director, or one of DIR's divisions in civil and writ litigation, including litigation involving constitutional issues;
- Representing the Department in internal personnel matters;
- Analyzing requests for public works coverage determinations and drafting proposed decisions for the Director's review;
- Providing counsel on apprenticeship matters;
- Analyzing and drafting recommended decisions in appeals from retaliation complaint investigations;
- Providing analysis and advice concerning Public Records Act requests;
- Analyzing and drafting proposed legislation;
- Providing legal services with respect to contract matters involving the Department;
- Drafting proposed regulations; and
- Providing legal services on a wide variety of other issues that may arise in the operation of the Department.
To be considered for this Attorney job opportunity, applicants must be either reachable on an employment list, have transfer eligibility or have reinstatement eligibility. To take the exam and gain employment list eligibility, please click here to access the exam bulletin: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=1579
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. (https://www.calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/FileDownload.aspx?aid=25709942&name=DIR-HR-006-Duty-Statement-TemplateF111638Final.pdf)
Working Conditions:
This is a full-time position in an office environment on the 18th floor of a 45-story private office building located at 355 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Employees in this position work in an office at desks, and are required to work extensively on computers as necessary for the drafting of letters, briefs and other documents, and for research, email communication, file review, training and other purposes. Attorneys are expected to handle their own word processing, and secretarial support is generally limited to the finalization and filing process. This position requires in-state travel, either locally within Southern California, or for one to two-day overnight trips within California, based on assignments, and as determined according to the needs of the Department.
Special Requirements:
Must be a member of the California Bar and qualified to practice law in California.
Legal Writing Sample. Please submit a legal writing sample of no more than 10 pages written within the past three years. The date the writing sample was written must appear on the document submitted.
Must be a member of the California Bar and qualified to practice law in California.
Legal Writing Sample. Please submit a legal writing sample of no more than 10 pages written within the past three years. The date the writing sample was written must appear on the document submitted.
Desirable Qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
- Knowledge concerning the work of the Department, labor and employment law, wage and hour law, and/or workers' compensation law.
- Prior experience serving as counsel to a public agency.
- Prior experience writing and filing briefs in the California Courts.
- Prior civil litigation or administrative law experience.
- Prior experience analyzing and working on legislation and/or administrative regulations.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability and desire to contribute to a collegial office environment.
- Proficiency in Word and other Microsoft applications
