Attorney IV

Job Description and Duties:Final Filing Date: 1/11/2024Under the direction of the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Director Legal Unit (OD—Legal), the Assistant Chief Counsels, Attorney IV (Senior Counsel) represent the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department, and division chiefs and managers in a variety of subject areas within the responsibility and jurisdiction of the Department. Senior Counsel are expected to perform the more complex, novel, difficult, and sensitive legal work of the unit, and to have a high level of experience, strong technical lawyering skills, and subject matter expertise in one or more areas of the Department's responsibility.Duties include but are not limited to: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.Representing the Director of DIR in workers’ compensation cases involving special funds administered by the Director.Analyzing requests for public works coverage determinations and drafting proposed decisions for the Director's review.Serving as a hearing officer in appeals from assessments for prevailing wage violations 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.Providing legal services on a wide variety of other issues that may arise in the operation of the Department.This is a full-time permanent position in an office environment on the 18th floor of a 45-story 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 or two-night overnight trips within California, based on assignments, and as determined according to the needs of the Department.The hours are usual business hours Monday through Friday. Attorneys are expected to work all hours necessary to accomplish their assignments, and although they will generally average 40 hours a week, longer work hours may occasionally be required.

Partial telework schedules are available, which will be determined after consultation with the Assistant Chief Counsel.You will find additional information about the job in the

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