Senior Legal Analyst for the Consumer Protection Section

State of California; California; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

State of California's Consumer Protection Section seeks a Senior Legal Analyst to support investigations and litigation, handling subpoenas, witness interviews, discovery, and drafting motions. You will review evidence, prepare exhibits, and assist attorneys in complex civil and criminal matters with nationwide impact.

Applicants should have strong analytical and paralegal skills, familiarity with legal concepts, and experience with investigations and civil litigation; proficiency with

Qualifications

• Demonstrated strong analytical and paralegal skills.
• Interest in and/or experience in consumer protection issues.
• Familiarity with legal concepts and procedures is highly desirable.
• Experience with investigations and complex civil litigation is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist attorneys in investigations and litigation.
• Prepare subpoenas and interview witnesses.
• Engage in discovery and prepare motions.
• Prepare witness and exhibit lists and demonstratives.
• Review, analyze, and summarize evidence, including electronic data.
• Draft memoranda and other legal documents.
• Perform legal and factual research and calendaring of civil procedure due dates.

Skills

Analytical skills

Paralegal skills

Consumer protection experience

Legal concepts knowledge

Investigations experience

Complex civil litigation

Teamwork and initiative

Verbal and written communication

Tools

Relativity

CaseMap

Trial Director

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Job description

The Consumer Protection Section investigates and litigates civil and criminal cases to enforce state laws that prohibit false advertising and unlawful, fraudulent, or unfair business acts and practices. The section’s work is high profile and often involves complex litigation with a nationwide impact. Areas of focus include unfair and deceptive acts an practices targeting immigrants, the elderly, service members, veterans, and other vulnerable populations; predatory lending, debt collection, fintech, and other consumer financial products and services; for-profit schools and student lending; and tenant protection and other housing matters.

Senior Legal Analysts perform a wide variety of paralegal duties, including assisting attorneys in investigations and litigation; preparing subpoenas; interviewing witnesses; engaging in discovery; preparing and filing motions; preparing witness lists, exhibit lists, and demonstrative exhibits; collecting, reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing evidence, including in electronic databases; preparing correspondence; performing legal and factual research; calculating and calendaring civil procedure due dates and response dates; assisting with site visits and other field operations; reviewing and analyzing consumer complaints; drafting memoranda and other documents; evaluating information regarding fraudulent, unlawful, and unfair business practices; and performing administrative tasks.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

Minimum Requirements You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• SENIOR LEGAL ANALYST

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Applicants should have demonstrated strong analytical and paralegal skills, as well as a demonstrated interest in and/or experience working on consumer protection issues. Familiarity with legal concepts and procedures is highly desirable. Experience with Relativity, CaseMap, Trial Director, Power Point, Word and Excel is highly desirable, as are relevant linguistic skills and experience in investigations and complex civil litigation. The applicant should possess the ability to work independently or in a team setting, take initiative, assume a high level of responsibility, and exercise good judgment. Good verbal and written communication skills are critical.