SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

State of careers Rhode Island

15d•$115,284 - $133,863

About The Position

The Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General is seeking a litigator with extensive state and federal court experience to help lead the Office’s consumer protection and antitrust enforcement. The Senior Litigation Counsel will be focused on developing and prosecuting civil consumer protection and antitrust claims against business preying on Rhode Islanders. This position provides a unique opportunity to utilize the Office’s legal tools to protect the community and foster a fair and equitable marketplace. About the Office of the Attorney General: The Attorney General is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the Office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state. Public Protection Bureau and Consumer & Economic Justice Unit: The Public Protection Bureau has been recently created within the Civil Division of the Attorney General’s office and is comprised of four units – Healthcare, Consumer and Economic Justice, Environmental and Energy and Civil & Community Rights. Each of these units affirmatively develops legal work and initiatives by using the legal authority of the Office of Attorney General to advance and protect dignity, quality of life, and equity for all Rhode Islanders. The mission of the Consumer and Economic Justice Unit is to protect Rhode Islanders and Rhode Island businesses and workers from unfair, deceptive, fraudulent, or anti-competitive trade practices. Unit staff has the ability to make a direct and meaningful impact on their local community while working in an interesting and evolving area of the law. The Unit handles complex, fast-moving, and high-stakes matters on behalf of the State ranging from multi-state antitrust lawsuits against big tech to false advertising claims against businesses preying on Rhode Islanders. This work utilizes a broad range of legal tools across industries working on timely and impactful issues. The Unit is comprised of attorneys and non-attorney investigators and has direct responsibility for educating consumers, fielding consumer complaints, and responding directly to constituents.

Requirements

The successful applicant must have a law degree from an accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction.
If not a member of the Rhode Island Bar, the candidate must be eligible for admission to the Rhode Island bar and prepared to sit for the bar exam or obtain admission through score transfer.
Candidates must have strong written/oral advocacy and negotiating skills and possess the capacity to function in a sometimes-high stress, demanding environment.

Nice To Haves

At least 10 years of litigation experience is preferred but not mandatory.
Extensive experience in both state and federal court is preferred.

Responsibilities

Developing, leading, and supporting litigation and other initiatives to protect consumers and the market.
Identifying appropriate novel areas of investigation, identifying local, national, and regional trends, leading investigations of potential cases, pre-trial litigation, negotiation, written and oral argument, trial work, and appeals.
Close work with consumers, investigators, community advocates, federal enforcers, and other Attorney General offices on multistate litigation.
Carry a full civil litigation caseload in the capacity as first chair.
Draft, file, and argue motions/legal memoranda, as well as litigate, in state and federal court.

Benefits

For information regarding the benefits available to State of Rhode Island employees, please visit the Office of Employee Benefits' website at http://www.employeebenefits.ri.gov/.
Also, be advised that a new provision in RI General Law 35-6-1 was enacted requiring direct deposit for all employees. Specific to new hires, the law requires that all employees hired after September 30, 2014 participate in direct deposit. Accordingly, any employee hired after this date will be required to participate in the direct deposit system. At the time the employee is hired, the employee shall identify a financial institution that will serve as a personal depository agency for the employee.

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