Attorney III

About the role

The Office of Enforcement at the Department of Managed Health Care handles the litigation needs of the DMHC, representing the DMHC in actions to enforce managed health care laws. A successful candidate will be responsible for performing sensitive and complex litigation work related to health care service plans pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975.

Responsibilities

• Conducting investigation and representing the DMHC at administrative and court hearings
• Conducting legal research and providing legal advice and opinions to DMHC management and executive
• Responding to difficult legal correspondence
• Developing strategy and tactics in the most complex disputes and litigation
• Interpreting and applying laws, court decisions, and other legal authorities
• Providing advice or opinions to Departmental management on legal issues arising out investigations
• Preparing cases, opinions, briefs, and other legal documents, such as memoranda and reports
• Preparing discovery documents
• Preparing cases which may result in litigation before administrative law judges and civil trial or appellate courts
• Assembling and evaluating evidence
• Taking sworn statements

Requirements

The Attorney III interprets and applies laws, court decisions, and other legal authorities, provides advice or opinions to Departmental management on legal issues arising out investigations, and may appear in all California courts. The Attorney III should be able to:

• Provide policy analysis of proposed legislation
• Conduct negotiations, prepare cases, opinions, briefs, and other legal documents, such as memoranda and reports
• Prepare discovery documents
• Prepare cases which may result in litigation before administrative law judges and civil trial or appellate courts
• Assemble and evaluate evidence
• Take sworn statements

Qualifications

The Attorney III is required to take substantial initiative, exercise a considerable amount of discretion, display superior work habits (e.g., organizational skills, accountability, timely completion of assignments), work independently, and produce the highest quantity and quality of legal work. The Attorney III serves as lead counsel with less experienced staff in litigation. The Attorney III will be assigned increasingly difficult work, and need less direct supervision, as experience is gained in the respective classification at the Office of Enforcement.

Skills

The Attorney III should be able to:

• Provide policy analysis of proposed legislation
• Conduct negotiations, prepare cases, opinions, briefs, and other legal documents, such as memoranda and reports
• Prepare discovery documents
• Prepare cases which may result in litigation before administrative law judges and civil trial or appellate courts
• Assemble and evaluate evidence
• Take sworn statements

Benefits

The Attorney III does not have specific benefits outlined in the job description.

Pay

The Attorney III's salary range is $10,852.00 - $15,325.00 per year.

Schedule

The Attorney III does not have a specific schedule outlined in the job description.