Attorney I

1 week ago

Austin, United States Texas Department of Insurance Full time

**You’ll love the benefits of working at TDI**:

- Flexible work schedules.
- Hybrid work schedule, if applicable.
- Work-life-balance.
- 96 hours of accrued vacation a year.
- 96 hours of accrued sick leave a year.
- 20+ holidays every year.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Free parking.
- Free comprehensive medical insurance for full-time employees and 50% off premium costs for dependents (state pays the other 50%).

Working at TDI offers many benefits. TDI is a qualifying organization for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. TDI also offers a lifetime monthly retirement annuity as well as 401(k) and 457 Programs under the Employees Retirement System of Texas. TDI is located at the Barbara Jordan Building at 1601 Congress Ave in Austin. The innovative structure is part of the state’s Capitol Complex project.

**Attorney I (Attorney)**

Develop your skills with a dynamic team of legal professionals at TDI. With $212.4 billion in premiums in 2021, Texas is the nation’s second largest insurance market and the seventh largest in the world. The Office of Policy Development Counsel in the General Counsel Division is hiring an attorney to support TDI in areas such as health market regulation, homeowners and auto policies, and insurance rates. You will be at the forefront of insurance regulation and have the chance to shape policies and regulations that impact the daily lives of Texans.

This position performs entry-level to routine (journey-level) legal work with a supportive and diverse team of professionals. The position collaborates with other departments within the agency to develop and review policies, regulations, and procedures, ensuring they align with legal requirements.

**This position**:

- Researches, interprets, and applies agency regulations and state and federal laws to complex legal issues.
- Drafts legal opinions and memoranda on regulatory matters.
- Researches, analyzes, and drafts administrative rules and orders.
- Leads cross-functional teams to complete administrative rules and other projects.
- Coordinates and participates in administrative and regulatory hearings.
- Researches, drafts, and collaborates on drafting bills and amendments as requested by the legislature.
- Assists the Office of the Attorney General in preparing cases for litigation.
- Responds to inquiries from agency staff, legislators, and the public.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

**This position requires**:

- Graduation from an accredited law school with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree.
- Licensure as an attorney to practice law in Texas.
- Member in good standing with the State Bar of Texas.

**Additional job details**:
**Preferences for this position include**:
These are a plus, but are not required:

- Previous experience as an attorney with a focus on government, administrative, or public law.
- Previous experience advising in-house on legal issues or similar environment.
- Previous experience drafting rules and legislation.

**This position requires demonstrated knowledge of**:

- Legal principles, practices, and proceedings.
- Caseload management techniques, including prioritization, decision-making, and collaboration with internal clients and management.
- State and federal laws, regulations, legislative processes, and legal precedents.
- Legal research, analysis, and drafting techniques.

**This position requires demonstrated skill in**:

- Problem solving and critical thinking.
- Using personal computers sufficient to enter and extract data from related systems and programs such as Centralized Accounting Payroll and Personnel (CAPPS) and other systems required to perform the job.
- Planning, decision-making, and problem-solving.
- Effective oral and verbal communication.
- Legal research, writing, and analysis, including plain English legal writing.
- Reasoning and logic to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Identifying and solving complex problems.
- Planning and organizing a moderate workload.
- Using good judgment to analyze legal problems and identify courses of action.

**This position requires the demonstrated ability to**:

- Communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people with varied skills, knowledge, and backgrounds.
- Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
- Analyze and solve work-related problems and work independently on a variety of administrative work and technical assignments.
- Manage and coordinate multiple tasks and priorities to meet necessary deadlines.
- Work both independently and as a team player.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Identify and analyze legal problems, and prepare sound, clear opinions, and briefs.
- Research legal issues efficiently.
- Summarize research findings clearly and effectively.
- Interpret laws and regulations affecting the agency.
- Express

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