TDI - Attorney III

Overview

Do you have a passion for public state service and enjoy making a difference? The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) is hiring! We regulate the insurance industry, administer the Texas workers’ compensation system, and educate and protect consumers. Apply now if you’re looking for a rewarding career in public service. The Texas Department of Insurance is in the Capitol Complex, in the Barbara Jordan Building at 1601 Congress Avenue in Austin, near the Texas Capitol.

• Flexible work schedules.
• Work-life-balance.
• 96 hours of accrued vacation a year.
• 96 hours of accrued sick leave a year.
• 20+ holidays every year.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Free parking.
• 401(k) and 457 Programs.
• State of Texas retirement plan with a lifetime annuity through the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS).
• Free comprehensive medical insurance for full-time employees and 50% off premium costs for dependents (state pays other 50%).
• Optional benefits like dental, vision, life insurance, and many more.
• Qualified employer for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

• Get insurance and transactional law experience with a manageable docket. Solid training and plenty of experienced support help you ease into learning insurance regulation and reviewing complex transactions. Once you’ve gathered the skills needed, you’ll have relevant skills others take a career to develop.
• Develop administrative law skills—a varied practice area with public and private practitioners throughout the state.
• Learn the insurance industry. Every lawyer deals with insurance in their practice and in their daily life.
• Work with a collaborative, team-oriented group of professionals.

TDI does not sponsor or assume sponsorship of an employment visa.

Learn about our selection process, our military employment preference, licensing, and credential requirements.

Develop your skills with a dynamic team of legal professionals h $293 billion in premiums, Texas is home to the nation’s second largest insurance market and the fifth largest in the world. The Office of Financial Counsel in the General Counsel Division is hiring for an attorney skilled in research and advising clients to support TDI in areas such as company licensing, mergers, acquisitions, corporate formation, insolvency, troubled companies, receiverships, company stability, and examinations.

The General Counsel Division provides training and a positive, collaborative work culture. This position performs highly complex (senior-level) legal work for the Office of Financial Counsel, and works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. An ideal candidate will have excellent legal research, communication, and writing skills, the ability to interpret state and federal laws and apply them to complex business transactions and novel legal problems, and the ability to draft thorough and plain language legal documents.

The ideal candidate will show a willingness and ability to take on new challenges and subject matter. The candidate will be detail-oriented and an excellent communicator, with good collaboration skills and judgment in the analysis of legal risks.

• Provides legal support to staff throughout the agency and interacts with outside counsel on regulatory filings.
• Works with agency staff and industry stakeholders on reviewing documents and filings, including complex transactions, to determine compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Researches and analyzes state and federal statutes, rules, and case law, and provides legal guidance and recommendations to agency staff.
• Drafts and reviews legal opinions, memoranda, orders, bulletins, contracts, briefs, pleadings, and other documents.
• Assists in responding to subpoenas and requests under the Public Information Act.
• Directs, organizes, and coordinates legal and administrative activities.
• Works on and may be lead attorney on team projects involving various agency divisions and outside stakeholders.
• Attends, participates, presents, and leads in…