Senior Attorney Financial Services, SG - 25

Senior Attorney

The New York State Department of Financial Services seeks to build an equitable, transparent, and resilient financial system that benefits individuals and supports business. Through engagement, data-driven regulation and policy, and operational excellence, the Department and its employees are responsible for empowering consumers and protecting them from financial harm; ensuring the health of the entities we regulate; driving economic growth in New York through responsible innovation; and preserving the stability of the global financial system.

The Department of Financial Services is seeking candidates for the position of Senior Attorney in the Office of General Counsel. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assists or personally prepares and presents arguments at judicial and administrative proceedings and presides at hearings and proceedings, and prepares findings, orders or decision;
• Initiates legal actions and other proceedings or receives cases from superiors and prepares charges, specifications and orders to defendants;
• Analyzes and summarizes cases and information pertinent to constitutional provisions, statutes, rules, regulations, policies and opinions and plans litigation strategy;
• Prepares for judicial or administrative proceedings by reviewing cases, discussing strategy, coordinating investigations, examining case folders, conferring with program officials, preparing legal memoranda and issuing subpoenas;
• Presents or tries cases at proceedings by preparing opening statements and summations, arguing motions, examining witnesses, consulting with parties to the proceeding, examining evidence, preparing briefs, negotiating settlement, preparing appeals and advising superiors; and
• Assists or personally conducts hearings, as Hearing Officer or Referee or other presiding officer, relating to matters of concern to the agency or on behalf of other jurisdictions.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Senior Attorney SG-25: One year as an Assistant Attorney 3 or admission to the NYS Bar and two years of subsequent professional legal experience.
• Assistant Attorney 3 SG-22: One year as Assistant Attorney 2 or admission to the NYS Bar and one year of subsequent professional legal experience.
• Assistant Attorney 2 SG-20: Admission to NYS Bar.
• Assistant Attorney 1 SG-18: Law School Graduation (or other eligibility to take the NYS Bar Examination).

Salary: $96,336-$121,413 (Grade-25 Level) $82,326 (Grade NS-22) $74,193 (Grade NS-20) $66,951 (Grade NS-18) Positions located within the New York City metropolitan area, as well as Suffolk, Nassau, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, are also eligible to receive an additional $4,000 annual downstate adjustment.