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Jobot • Westfield, NJ, United States • via LinkedIn
18 hours ago
$70K–$+5K a year
Full–time
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We’re looking for a Litigation and Transactional Paralegal with experience supporting attorneys in both areas of law
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Salary $70,000 - $+5,000 per year
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California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
Attorney (Assistant Chief Counsel)
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation • United States • via LinkedIn
16 hours ago
$14,0+0–$17,225 a month
Full–time
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Qualifications
Effectively representing the Department at public events and sensitive meetings with DFPI stakeholders, representatives of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, and the Governor’s office
Applicants will need to take and pass the online Assistant Chief Counsel exam/assessment to be eligible to apply for Assistant Chief Counsel positions
Incumbents must secure a valid license issued by the California State Bar Association within 24 months of an appointment or the employment may be terminated
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Benefits
The DFPI offers benefit packages, competitive salary, a robust training program and opportunities for advancement
Responsibilities
The DFPI supervises the operations of state-licensed financial institutions, including banks, credit unions and money transmitters
Additionally, the DFPI licenses and regulates a variety of financial service providers, including securities brokers and dealers, investment advisers, payday lenders and other consumer finance lenders
Under the general direction of the Deputy Commissioner of the Legal Division, the Assistant Chief Counsel (ACC) will manage a team of attorneys responsible for drafting regulations to enhance consumer protections and encourage positive financial innovation, providing legal opinions, analyzing pending legislation, and working on other related tasks to support the DFPI’s regulatory responsibilities
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About the DFPI
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) protects consumers and oversees financial service providers and products. The DFPI supervises the operations of state-licensed financial institutions, including banks, credit unions and money transmitters. Additionally, the DFPI licenses and regulates a variety of financial service providers, including securities brokers and dealers, investment advisers, payday lenders and other consumer finance lenders. The DFPI offers benefit packages, competitive salary, a robust training program and opportunities for advancement.
Position Details
Job Code #:
JC-448116
Position #(s):
410-103-5871-010
Working Title:
Assistant Chief Counsel
Classification:
ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT CHIEF COUNSEL
$14,0+0.00 - $17,225.00
# of Positions:
1
Work Location:
Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego
Telework:
Hybrid
Job Type:
Permanent, Full Time
Job Description And Duties
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) is recruiting for one Permanent, Full-time Assistant Chief Counsel position within its Legal Division. This position may be based in the Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego offices. This recruitment may be used to fill subsequent vacancies of these positions within the next 180 days.
The DFPI is a California state agency that protects California consumers, small businesses, and investors, and administers multiple state licensing laws relating to financial services. Industries that the DFPI regulates include digital financial asset (including crypto asset) businesses, mortgage and student loan servicers, state-licensed lenders, investment advisors, and debt collectors. The DFPI often considers legal and policy issues presented by emerging financial technologies, and develops strategies that protect consumers and investors while encouraging financial innovation that benefits all Californians. The Legal Division is a team of attorneys and professional staff that draft regulations, legal opinions, and legislative analysis, and coordinate the DFPI’s responses to subpoenas and Public Records Act requests.
Under the general direction of the Deputy Commissioner of the Legal Division, the Assistant Chief Counsel (ACC) will manage a team of attorneys responsible for drafting regulations to enhance consumer protections and encourage positive financial innovation, providing legal opinions, analyzing pending legislation, and working on other related tasks to support the DFPI’s regulatory responsibilities. The ACC's attorney team will include attorneys who focus initially on implementation of the newly-enacted Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), so a significant portion of the ACC's initial focus will be on DFAL implementation as well. However, the ACC's team will be responsible for fulfilling assignments under the other laws the DFPI administers, and will also supervise some attorneys who focus on other laws. As the DFPI completes its initial rollout of DFAL licensing, the ACC and their team will likely focus less on DFAL and more on other laws.
The Legal Division anticipates that the Assistant Chief Counsel will supervise between six and eight attorney staff shortly after onboarding, although supervisory responsibilities may change over time. The Assistant Chief Counsel may also be responsible for supervising legal support staff.
The ACC will be responsible for:
• Directing staff attorneys drafting regulations, including providing advice relating to the Administrative Procedure Act’s requirements, and the legal and policy issues staff attorneys should consider.
• Directing staff attorneys to diligently research legal questions and present impartial legal analysis to Department staff and executives, with appropriate consideration of client goals, stakeholder concerns, and policy issues.
• Advising staff attorneys on effectively communicating with non-attorney staff and senior Department executives who have limited time to process and consider legal advice.
• Directing staff attorneys to effectively and zealously advocate for the Department’s legal positions in public documents, such as responses to rulemaking comments, legal opinions, etc.
• Encouraging positive staff morale by recognizing and rewarding exceptional work within the limitations of state-service, promoting opportunities for professional growth, highlighting how staff work supports the Department’s mission to protect Californians and support consumer-friendly innovation, and advocating for staff needs within Department. (6) Supporting the evolving staffing needs of the Legal Division by developing proposals and supporting evidence when necessary to substantiate requests for new positions.
• Effectively representing the Department at public events and sensitive meetings with DFPI stakeholders, representatives of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, and the Governor’s office.
• Leading special projects to implement strategic goals or resolve systemic issues across multiple teams within the Department.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement .
Final Filing Date: +/25/2024
Examination Information
Applicants will need to take and pass the online Assistant Chief Counsel exam/assessment to be eligible to apply for Assistant Chief Counsel positions. Please visit: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=1587
Minimum Qualifications
Incumbents must secure a valid license issued by the California State Bar Association within 24 months of an appointment or the employment may be terminated.
Attorney, Assistant Chief Counsel
Nine years of legal experience in the practice of law*; one year of which must have been at a level equivalent to an Attorney V or Attorney Supervisor, or three years at a level equivalent to Attorney IV, or four years at a level equivalent to Attorney III.
• “Legal experience in the "practice of law" is defined as: (1) only that legal experience acquired after admission to any State Bar, or (2) experience as a judicial clerk for a federal court, California's state courts, or any other state's courts, or (3) legal experience acquired while practicing under a provisional license to practice law issued by the State Bar of California's Provisional Licensure Program, to constitute experience in the practice of law. For an individual's judicial clerkship to qualify as “legal experience in the practice of law, the experience must have been gained after receipt of a Juris Doctor or equivalent degree.
Consider a rewarding and challenging career with the DFPI!
DFPI Website: www.dfpi.ca.gov