Spec Asst Attorney General

## spec asst attorney generalapplylocations:
providence time type:
full time posted on:
posted todaytime left to apply:
end date: january 1, 2027 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
jr103674#
** department
* * office of the attorney general#
** division
* * protective services (non-sworn)#
** salary**$ - $#
** job profile
** jc- - special assistant attorney general (non-union office of attorney general employees)#
** scheduled work days & work hours**#
** job requisition number
** jr103674 spec asst attorney general (open)#
** pay grade
** u08739 a#
** classification
* * special assistant attorney general#
** class definition
**** rhode island office of the attorney general
**** health care advocate
**** special assistant attorney general
**** civil division
**** pay grade  8739 ($115,284 - $133,863)
**** or commensurate with experience
**** august 7, 2026 – january 1, 2027
** the rhode island office of the attorney general is seeking an attorney with significant health care experience to help further the work of 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. In addition to other attorney general functions, 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.
** duties and opportunities:
** the office is seeking an attorney to collaborate with other members of the health care unit to execute the health care work of the office.  The health care advocate is expected to fulfill the following roles:
* support the identification and prioritization of potential health care unit affirmative litigation and enforcement.
* 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…