HEALTH CARE UNIT CHIEF/SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

Illustrative Examples of Work Performed

Duties and Opportunities: The Office is seeking an attorney to work with leadership and partners in the Civil Division to set the course for the work of this Unit. The Unit Chief is expected to fulfill the following roles:

• Lead and support the identification and prioritization of potential Health Care Unit affirmative work.
• Anticipate and understand current and emerging health care issues and look for opportunities to engage around those issues to protect Rhode Islanders and advance the mission of the Unit.
• Lead litigation or other health care initiatives and supervise the work of attorneys in the Civil Division who are collaborating on Health Care Unit work.
• Provide significant oversight, training, and mentorship to the attorneys and staff within the Unit.
• Engage with advocates and members of communities in Rhode Island to understand obstacles to health and health care.
• Identify policy thought-partners and resources to connect work being considered by the Health Care Unit with broader, policy-based, research into drivers of inequity in health care.
• Work with the Public Information Officer and the Director of Community Engagement to engage with community members to identify needs and opportunities and understand and communicate impact of ongoing word. Along with leadership in the RIAG, work with agency partners throughout State government.

Opportunities for Special Assistant Attorneys General in the Civil Division also include attending National Association of Attorney General trainings and conferences throughout the country, serving on boards, commissions, working groups, and/or task forces as a designee of the Attorney General, providing substantive expertise to legislative or policy initiatives, and supervising student interns as part of the Office’s legal internship program.

Required Qualifications for Appointment

Eligibility: The successful applicant must have a law degree from an accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If not a member of the Rhode Island Bar, the candidate must be eligible for admission to the Rhode Island bar and prepared to sit for the bar exam.

Qualifications: Eight to ten years of litigation experience is preferred. Strong candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to public interest law and legal or policy experience in health care. The position of Health Care Unit Chief will require leadership skills, an interest in creative legal thinking and a demonstrated ability to both envision and build on an organizational level. Candidates must have strong written, oral advocacy and negotiating skills and possess the capacity to function in a sometimes-high stress, demanding environment. Applicant must work well independently and as part of a team, including with other attorneys and support staff. Ability to work with other state government employees and communicate with members of the public is a must. The applicant should bring innovative thinking to the ways in which the Office of the Attorney General can consistently and increasingly meet the needs of Rhode Island residents.

Supplemental Information

RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

HEALTH CARE UNIT CHIEF

SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

CIVIL DIVISION

PAYGRADE 8740 ($116,814 - $134,665)

January 29, 2025 – June 30, 2025

The Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General is seeking an attorney with significant health care experience to help lead the Office’s Health Care Unit.

About the Office of the Attorney General: The Attorney General is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the Office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state.

The Civil Division leads affirmative and defensive litigation on behalf of the state, counsels the Attorney General and other government officials, and performs a range of regulatory duties.

The Public Protection Bureau within the Civil Division is comprised of four units – Health Care, Consumer and Economic Justice, Environmental and Energy, and Civil Rights.

Health Care Unit: The mission of the Health Care Unit within the Civil Division’s Public Protection Bureau is to contribute to improving individual and community health through a lens which recognizes the importance of the social determinants of health, our role as lawyers in ensuring equitable access to care, and the importance of maintaining an efficient marketplace among payors, providers, and people who require care. The Unit accomplishes its mission through targeted enforcement litigation, community outreach, and regulatory action. The Unit combines the authority vested in the Attorney General with powers under the Health Care Advocate and Insurance Advocate statutes.

Application Process:

If applying for position via mail or email, there is no need to also apply through online system.

Applicants should submit (1) a cover letter summarizing why you are interested and describing the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, (2) resume, (3) list of three references, and (4) a writing sample to:

Aida Crosson

Director of Administration

Office of the Attorney General

150 South Main Street, Providence, RI 02903

ACrosson@riag.ri.gov

Sarah Rice

Deputy Chief, Public Protection Bureau

srice@riag.ri.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Attorney General’s Office is stronger, more credible, and more capable when its employees bring diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to their work. The Office encourages all qualified applicants from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBTQ individuals, and persons with disabilities to apply.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status.

Other Information: Finalists will be subject to a full background investigation including reference checks. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background investigation, receipt of letters of good standing from each Bar in which the applicant is a member, and membership in good standing with, or admission into, the Rhode Island Bar. In certain limited circumstances, applicants may be hired pending temporary or full admission.