Section Chief Attorney - Revenue Section

About the role

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird seeks a section chief for the Revenue Section, a part of the Agency Counsel Division of the Attorney General’s Office. The Section Chief supervises and manages the Revenue Section’s dozen or so lawyers and support staff and is the Office’s lead representative to the Iowa Department of Revenue. The Section represents the Department before courts and administrative tribunals and gives legal advice to the agency on matters related to its operations. Litigation occurs primarily in state courts and federal bankruptcy courts to enforce and recover state tax assessments. This position is responsible for providing legal services and advice in the field of tax, lottery, ABD and tobacco compliance. The Section Chief reports to the Deputy Attorney General for Agency Counsel.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage the Revenue Section’s lawyers and support staff.
• Serve as the Office’s lead representative to the Iowa Department of Revenue.
• Represent the Department before state and federal courts and administrative tribunals.
• Provide legal advice to the agency on matters related to its operations.
• Conduct litigation primarily in state courts and federal bankruptcy courts to enforce and recover state tax assessments.
• Provide legal services and advice in the areas of tax, lottery, ABD, and tobacco compliance.

Requirements

• Demonstrated passion for public service.
• Exceptional skills in statutory construction, construing transaction and estate documents, and furnishing written and oral advice to clients on complicated matters.
• Experience practicing tax law, advising government bodies, and working on financial and tax policy.
• Experience managing a team of legal professionals.
• Minimum of five years of experience practicing law and the ability to obtain licensure to practice law in Iowa and Iowa’s federal and bankruptcy courts.
• Background check required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of law and at least five years of full‑time legal practice; OR
• Current, continuous experience in the Department of Justice that includes three years of full‑time legal practice.
• At the time of appointment, admission to the Iowa State Bar and appropriate federal courts.

Skills

• Statutory construction and interpretation of transaction and estate documents.
• Written and oral legal advice.
• Tax law expertise.
• Advising government bodies on financial and tax policy.
• Team leadership and management of legal professionals.

Benefits

• Collegial environment among many of the best lawyers in the state.
• Flexible schedules.
• Excellent work‑life balance and benefits.
• No hourly billing.

Pay

Salary ranges from $118,414.40 to $168,417.60, depending