SENIOR ASSOCIATE COUNSEL - 66898

Executive Service

This position is designated as Hybrid (In-Office and Remote)

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.

Who we are and what we do:

The attorneys working at the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for the Department of Health represent the State of Tennessee. The OGC performs a variety of legal functions in support of the department's mission to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of all people in Tennessee.

How you make a difference in this role:

The Senior Associate Counsel's work includes handling administrative contested case hearings for department program areas and before boards regulating health care providers, administrative rulemaking, providing legislative bill analyses, writing formal and informal legal opinions, providing timely and accurate legal advice to all department programs, and advising on ethics issues.

Job Overview:

The Tennessee Department of Health is seeking a litigation attorney to serve as a Senior Associate Counsel in its Office of General Counsel. The duties for this position involve extensive complex litigation. The work includes complaint review, legal writing, medical record review, working with expert witnesses, negotiating discipline, holding depositions, conducting discovery, and litigating at trial.

Key Responsibilities:

• The attorney will represent the Department in administrative law cases before various prescribing boards, prepare complex cases for litigation including intense medical record review, depositions, discovery, and trial, provide legal advice and drafting services to healthcare licensure boards, and analyze proposed legislation affecting public health.
• Intellectual curiosity, a strong litigation background, strong writing skills, and an interest in the healthcare industry are necessary.
• We are seeking applicants who will be adept at working in a dynamic, team-focused environment and handling a large and complex case load at different phases of litigation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Applicant must be licensed to practice law in Tennessee and must have graduated from an accredited law school with the equivalent of a J.D.
• At least seven (7) years of relevant legal experience is required.
• Applicant must be able to perform legal duties and litigate with minimal supervision.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.