ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR

ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR

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ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR

Salary

$5,477.00 – $10,740.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

ATC-10824-AB

Department

Revenue-Office of Revenue

Opening Date

10/08/2024

Closing Date

10/18/2024 11:59 PM Central

Description

Benefits

Questions

Supplemental Information

T he Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) is responsible for fairly and efficiently collecting state tax revenues to fund public services, to regulate charitable gaming and the sale of alcoholic beverage and tobacco, and to support state agencies in the collection of overdue debts. Collectively, each program, unit, division and group work together to provide the core services to taxpayers of the State of Louisiana and stakeholders of the agency. LDR is comprised of the following groups: Tax Collection, Charitable Gaming, Alcohol and Tobacco Control (ATC), Debt Recovery, and Louisiana Tax Free Shopping Commission.

The Legal Unit includes litigation, mediation, formal settlement negotiations, participation in administrative hearings, regulatory oversight and policy planning and advisement. Types of litigation may include, but are not limited ID, appeals of administrative decisions, injunctive relief and declaratory judgments. In addition, legal counsel exercises general overview of the Tobacco licensing and regulatory functions conducted by the Business and Enforcement Divisions.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Serves as a senior attorney in the legal division and serves as a specialist on the most complex alcoholic beverage and tobacco issues.

Serves as lead-worker over attorneys of lower rank.

Serves as a subject matter expert in interpreting cases arising out of Title 26, unfair trade practice law and disputes arising from tier issues with manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

Responsible for tax hearings and tobacco cash/credit hearings.

May represent the agency in litigation such as precedent case before trial and appellate courts and administrate tribunals by drafting pleadings, interviewing witnesses, writing legal memoranda and briefs. Acts as liaison with other in-house counsel and outside counsel during litigation.

Supervises and manages legal staff to ensure that all functions are performed within the established work standards.

Responsible for managing the activities associated with hiring and developing subordinate staff appropriately including annual performance evaluations.

Prepares educational and advisory information regarding alcoholic beverage laws and regulations.

Prepares responses to alcoholic beverage inquires submitted by taxpayers.

Assists the ATC Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner as needed.

How to Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Applications will be rejected if the applicant fails to meet the minimum qualifications, submits an incomplete application or fails to apply by the closing date of the announcement.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

ResumesWILL NOTbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Alexis Bowser

Louisiana Department of Revenue

Human Resources Division

P.O. Box 66378

Baton Rouge, LA 70896

alexis.bowser@la.gov

The Louisiana Department of Revenue is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Louisiana is a State as A Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

VACANCY INFORMATION:

This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions available within the Louisiana Department of Revenue within 90 days of the closing date.

This position may be filled as a:

· Probational Appointment

· Job Appointment

· Promotion (open to all statewide classified and agency wide permanent status employees)

· Detail to Special Duty

Current permanent status classified state employees may be required to accept a Probational appointment if selected. If filled as a Job Appointment, there is a possibility that this position may be converted to a Probational Appointment should funding become available.

This position will be domiciled in East Baton Rouge Parish . Applicants must select this parish on their application to indicate that they are available to work in the parish of this vacancy.

A Tax and Natural Disaster Clearance will be conducted on all selected applicants to validate the timely submission of tax returns and payments. It is a requirement that all Revenue employees must adhere to all tax laws of the State of Louisiana.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a license to practice law in the state of Louisiana, plus four years of experience as a practicing attorney.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To directly supervise a minimum of two Attorney positions and/or equivalent level legal area professionals.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Supervisor

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Broad direction from a higher ranking attorney or administrator.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Line over lower ranking attorneys or equivalent level professional subordinates related to the legal process.

LOCATION OF WORK:

May be used by all agencies.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from lower level Attorney jobs by supervision exercised.

Differs from Attorney–General Counsel 1 by absence of authority for all activities of the Office of General Counsel in an agency.

Examples of Work

Plans, assigns, and reviews the preparation of briefs and other activities incidental to litigation and court work.

Drafts and reviews the drafting of new legislation. May testify on the same before legislative committees and other tribunals.

Testifies before legislative committee hearings on proposed tax law changes and current tax laws in the area of tax specification. Reviews proposed legislation introduced which affects area of tax specification.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Years Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

Mardi Gras,

Good Friday,

Memorial Day,

Independence Day,

Labor Day,

Veterans Day,

Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YourRetirementSystem.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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LDR-Do you have any friends or family members who currently work for LA Department of Revenue? If so, please list their name(s) and relation to you. If not, please enter “N/A”.

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LDR- LA. R.S.15:587.5, 587.6 and the IRS require the Louisiana Department of Revenue (“LDR”) to conduct a criminal history records check of a prospective employee who will access federal tax information to perform his job duties. If you are given a conditional offer of employment, a criminal history records check will occur before your first day of work. The check requires submission of your fingerprints that will be run through national and state databases to determine if any criminal offenses are connected to your name. Your name will also be run through local databases to check the same. After that, you will be subject to these checks, at minimum, every 5 years during your employment at LDR. Check the “Yes” box below to show your understanding of this information.

Yes

No

03

Do you possess a current, valid license to practice law in Louisiana?

Yes

No

04

If you answered yes to the question above, please list your Bar Roll Number and the original issuance date of your license (mm/yy). If you answered no to the question above, please type “N/A”.

Required Question

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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