Salary may be commensurate with education and experience if approved.
If you successfully complete your 6 month probationary period you will receive a 5% increase in pay.
Required Education:
Doctorate
Additional Information:
4 openings available.
This is an Administrative Services Attorney position at the Nebraska Department of Revenue (DOR).
As a DOR attorney you will find the right work life work balance you have been looking for while working with teammates who are dedicated and focused on DOR's mission to serve the public by administering the state revenue laws with integrity, efficiency, and consistency; gain in-depth knowledge of Nebraska tax laws and the inner-workings of tax administration from a perspective few citizens see; litigate contested tax cases; gain valuable experience with complex business transactions, while increasing your professional standing and reputation in the legal profession; receive paid Nebraska State Bar Association mandatory membership and approved continuing legal education credit hours.
Salary may be commensurate with education and experience if approved.
Examples of Work: Under administrative direction, provides professional legal services for an agency involving a complex body of law in the research, administration, and enforcement of the agency's statutory authority and obligations.
1. Review, evaluate, negotiate, and litigate contested tax cases through DOR's formal hearing process.
2. Assist the Nebraska Attorney General's office in certain matters involving DOR.
3. Conduct complex and varied research in all areas of taxation and related subject matters.
4. Draft legal documents.
5. Provide legal opinions, advice, and recommendations to DOR staff.
6. Represent DOR as a Creditor in Probate and/or Bankruptcy matters through appointment as a Special Assistant Attorney General.
7. Perform related work as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS: for an Attorney III: Three years of experience as an attorney practicing law and providing legal services such as preparing and trying cases, advising clients, and/or interpreting laws or administrative policies.
REQUIREMENTS: for an Attorney II: One year of experience as an attorney practicing law and providing legal services such as preparing cases, advising clients, and/or interpreting laws or administrative policies.
REQUIREMENTS: for an Attorney I: Graduation from an accredited school of law and admission to the Nebraska Bar.
PREFERRED: recent experience in litigation and knowledge of the discovery rules; corporate and individual income tax; state and local tax; bankruptcy litigation; criminal litigation; audit and financial record review and/or experience in Federal and/or State tax research; probate and collection law; administrative law practices; high academic performance; course work with an emphasis in taxation, accounting or auditing.
OTHER: In accordance with Section 7-101, Nebraska Revised, Reissued Statutes of l943, incumbents in this class must be admitted to the Nebraska Bar. We will consider candidates who have graduated with the minimum qualifications by May of 2024 that are taking the July, 2024 bar exam that will be sworn in during September, 2024. We will also consider candidates admitted to the bar in another jurisdiction eligible to be admitted to the Nebraska Bar by Motion contingent upon them becoming admitted to the Nebraska Bar.
You MUST attach a resume' and transcripts to your application.
We are a Government agency whose mission it is to serve the public by administering the state revenue laws with integrity, efficiency, and consistency.