Office of the New York State Attorney General

The Press Office in the OAG’s Executive Division is seeking an experienced and talented Speechwriter to join the Attorney General’s communications team. The Speechwriter will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with OAG bureau chiefs, press officers, and senior staff to synthesize detailed information on the work of the office into clear, effective, and compelling speeches, op-eds, scripts, and talking points that are geared to a variety of audiences. Speeches are edited in close collaboration with the Attorney General, and the Speechwriter also works closely with other communications staff to plan and execute speaking events that advance the Attorney General’s broader communications/messaging strategy. This position will be based in New York City and reports to the Director of Communications.?To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eUDYjirE #governmentjobs #pressjobs #communicationsjobs

OAG is seeking a dynamic litigator and experienced manager to lead the Utica Regional Office (RO) as the Assistant Attorney General-In-Charge (AAGIC). The AAGIC will report to the Chief Deputy Attorney General for Regional Offices and supervise approximately seven (7) attorneys along with the RO’s support staff. The AAGIC will manage the RO’s defensive and affirmative dockets and daily operations with an emphasis on the direct supervision of the region’s defensive practice, comprised of hundreds of cases in Federal Court, State Supreme Court, and the Court of Claims. Other responsibilities include maintaining an active caseload; reviewing and assigning incoming litigation matters; addressing personnel issues; assisting with recruitment matters; liaising with other OAG bureaus/regional offices, state agencies, and external stakeholders. The AAGIC will also coordinate and make presentations at external community events providing information on a wide variety of affirmative justice, consumer, and other topical issues.?To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #attorneyjobs

OAG’s New York City Claims Bureau is seeking a trial attorney to defend Medical Malpractice cases. The Claims Bureau represents the state of New York and its agencies in the Court of Claims and its employees in State Supreme Court. The selected candidate will defend the state in medical malpractice actions, from commencement through trial, with post-trial briefs often required. We are seeking a seasoned attorney with at least four to five (4-5) years of solid medical malpractice litigation experience, including trial experience, to defend the state in medical malpractice actions from commencement through trial. Medical malpractice trial experience is preferred although other civil or criminal trial experience will be considered. To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #attorneyjobs

OAG’s Labor Bureau is seeking an attorney to serve as an Assistant Attorney General (AAG) in the NYC office. The Labor Bureau has been nationally recognized for aggressively enforcing labor standards, especially in low-wage industries where exploitation of workers is common. Besides the AAG’s own affirmative investigations, the Labor Bureau also represents NYS agencies in their enforcement of labor laws, defensive litigation in state and federal court that often raises similar substantive issues in a different procedural setting. The AAG will manage their own investigations and cases, including formulating strategies, developing investigations, and handling litigation. In addition, the AAG will conduct community and intergovernmental outreach and work on legislative proposals. To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #attorneyjobs

OAG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) seeks attorneys with experience prosecuting and/or investigating complex financial wrongdoing to serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General in its NYC office. Attorneys lead collaborative, team-based investigations with the MFCU's forensic accountants/auditors, detectives, and analysts to identify and prosecute financial fraud in the healthcare industry and abuse and neglect of residents in healthcare facilities, present evidence to grand juries, and conduct evidentiary hearings and trials in New York State courts. Many of MFCU's investigations are conducted in coordination with other federal, state, or local government and prosecutorial agencies, and have resulted in large-scale criminal convictions and the recovery of millions of dollars of taxpayer money. To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #attorneyjobs

OAG’s Environmental Protection Bureau hosts New York University (NYU) School of Law State Energy & Environmental Impact Center Fellows. The Fellows serve as Special Assistant Attorneys General (Special Assistants) in the bureau in New York City or Albany. The Special Assistants provide OAG with additional litigation resources on clean energy, climate change, and other environmental and public health matters. As Special Assistants, the fellows are supervised by OAG and owe a duty of loyalty to the state of New York as their client. The NYU Law Fellows serve for a one-year term as Special Assistants, with the potential for a one-year extension. The NYU School of Law will pay the salary of the Fellows and provide employee benefits. Applicants must have at least five (5) years of complex civil litigation practice. Experience in clean energy, climate change, or other environmental or public health issues are preferred; or applicants may have other litigation experience with a strong demonstrated interest in these areas.?To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #attorneyjobs #environmentalattorneys #publicserviceattorneys

OAG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to serve as a Medical Analyst in its New York City (NYC) office. Medical Analysts support MFCU by working in partnership with its attorneys, auditors, detectives, data analysts, and legal support analysts to conduct complex, long-term healthcare fraud investigations. Possessing both civil and criminal enforcement powers, MFCU uses various state laws to bring civil actions and criminal proceedings, including asset forfeiture actions. MFCU also works to protect elderly and disabled New Yorkers by investigating reports of abuse and neglect in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state.?To learn more and apply, please https://lnkd.in/eUDYjirE #governmentjobs #nursejobs

OAG is seeking an experienced litigator to serve as an Assistant Attorney General in the Poughkeepsie Regional Office (RO). The RO engages in state counsel representation, involving the representation and defense of the state of New York and its agencies, officials, and employees in state courts in civil actions and proceedings involving public employment, public health, law enforcement, corrections, state finance, insurance, taxation, mental hygiene, and other litigation matters arising out of state legislation, regulations, and operations. The RO also engages in the defense of claims brought against the state of New York and its agencies in the Court of Claims. The RO offers a diverse and stimulating litigation practice with attorneys handling all phases of litigation from inception through trial and having frequent opportunities to appear in court. Applicants must have a minimum of three (3) years of litigation experience.?To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #governmentjobs #publicserviceattorneys #governmentattorneys

OAG’s Charities Bureau is seeking an experienced attorney to serve as Section Chief of the Trusts and Estates Section (SC). The SC is responsible for managing and supervising a group of Attorneys and Legal Assistants located in NYC and Albany and providing training, guidance, and assistance to attorneys who handle trusts and estates matters in OAG regional offices. The SC also supervises a staff attorney responsible for representing the New York Comptroller in proceedings seeking withdrawal from the Abandoned Property Fund. In addition, the SC drafts and edits guidance documents for and gives presentations to the public and private counsel and represents the bureau in trusts and estates policy issues with bar associations and court committees. Applicants must have a minimum of six (6) years of experience in handling trusts and estate matters and litigation, and familiarity with the Surrogate’s Courts. To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/eZ5bxrzX #publicserviceattorneys #governmentattorneys #governmentjobs

OAG's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is seeking talented individuals to serve as Legal Support Analysts (LSA) in its NYC office. LSA’s support MFCU by working in partnership with its attorneys, auditors, detectives, data analysts, and nurses to conduct complex, long-term healthcare fraud investigations. The position is suitable for both recent college graduates and experienced candidates.?To learn more and apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/e6h-MJqj #governmentjobs