Staff Attorney 2 Hybrid #260710-0088AR-001

About the role

The State of Connecticut, Connecticut Insurance Department (CID), seeks a Staff Attorney 2 within the Legal Division. The position involves performing advanced and complex legal work, including researching, interpreting, analyzing, and applying complex laws and regulations. It also includes representing the agency in formal administrative and public proceedings, drafting legal documents, and providing legal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Independently performs a full range of tasks in the legal work of the agency.
• Researches, interprets, analyzes, and applies complex and conflicting laws and regulations, case law, and legal principles.
• Acts as hearing officer or represents the agency in formal administrative and public proceedings on a full range of cases involving complex legal and technical issues.
• Negotiates and drafts settlement agreements.
• Drafts advisory opinions, rulings, decisions, recommendations, findings, legislation, statutes, regulations, publications, and other related legal documents.
• Assists in the preparation and presentation of trials and appeals.
• Consults with the Office of the Attorney General on legal issues.
• Researches complex legal issues.
• Conducts investigations and enforcement proceedings.
• Prepares comprehensive reports for use in administrative and court proceedings.
• Prepares pleadings and other court papers.
• Interprets and applies complex or conflicting laws and regulations, case law, and legal principles.
• Participates in the conduct of various educational activities.
• Provides legal guidance when duly authorized.
• Provides input into policy formation.
• Reviews court decisions, new and proposed laws and regulations to determine impact on agency operations.
• Prepares and maintains precedent manuals.
• Reviews legal and other related documents for legal sufficiency.
• May testify at or monitor legislative proceedings.
• May represent the agency in court when authorized.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of experience in the practice of law.
• Experience researching, interpreting, and applying relevant state and federal laws, statutes, regulations, and legislation that relate to the regulation of the insurance industry and administrative proceedings.
• Experience strategizing and developing appropriate solutions to a wide range of legal matters.
• Experience effectively communicating with and advising clients on legal matters in both written and oral forms.
• Experience negotiating and drafting vendor contracts or other agreements.
• Experience facilitating, supporting, or representing clients in enforcement, administrative proceedings, or litigation.

Qualifications

• Admission to practice law in the State of Connecticut.

Skills

• Considerable knowledge of legal principles, practices, and procedures in Connecticut.
• Legal research techniques.
• The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
• Knowledge of the rules of evidence.
• Criminal and constitutional law.
• Legislative process.
• Considerable interpersonal skills.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Considerable ability to apply judicial decisions to the interpretation of statutes.
• Comprehend, analyze, and organize technical data.
• Coordinate elements of legal cases.

Benefits

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Pay

Salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from one of the three branches of state government (i.e., Executive, Legislative, Judicial) to the other.

Schedule

Monday - Friday Full-time (40 hours per week) First shift (8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)

Location

Hybrid position (telework and in office)