Attorney IV

and the job listing Expires on September 25, 2025

This position can be located in Sacramento or Riverside County.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is a global leader in protecting air quality, fighting climate change, and furthering environmental justice. CARB's Executive Office plans, organizes, and directs the activities of staff to further the Board's mission to protect and preserve California's air quality while considering the effects on the State's economy. The Legal Office is part of the Executive Office. Its mission is to provide the highest quality legal advice and representation to the Board and staff to support programmatic efforts to improve air quality to protect public health and the environment and to ensure that all legal obligations of CARB are met in carrying out these efforts. The Legal Office provides legal support to the agency on a variety of complex topics related to the control of air pollution (criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases), including, but not limited to : adoption, interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of State and federal environmental and administrative laws and regulations, litigation in conjunction with the Attorney General's Office, personnel matters, contracts, grants, conflicts of interest, hearing procedures, and proposed legislation. The Legal Office maintains the primary responsibility for assisting CARB staff in the development of regulations and the documentation necessary to support their adoption. The Legal Office also provides legal assistance to California's 35 Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Management Districts.

Under general direction of an Assistant Chief Counsel, the Deputy Counsel, and the Chief Counsel, this position is responsible for independently providing written and oral legal advice to CARB's executives, management, and staff on work involving enforcement, novel theories, emerging areas of law, legal specialization, litigation requiring high level of expertise, and precedential significance. As described above, the Legal Office maintains primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and providing necessary legal support. The attorney in this position, along with the Legal Office's other lawyers in the Attorney IV classification, will exercise broad discretion and have primary responsibility for performing and overseeing technical and complex legal work by providing strategic advice to guide litigation.

This position will work closely with CARB management and staff, and as needed officials from other federal, State, and local government agencies, on all phases of the development, implementation, and enforcement of complex and highly technical regulations, plans, contracts, incentive and grant programs, and on the legal support for administrative functions that support those programs. This work includes, among other duties, developing and drafting regulations and overseeing rulemaking material preparation to ensure the regulations can withstand any subsequent legal challenges in both federal and state courts. It also includes applying advanced technical expertise, negotiation and litigation experience, and advocacy and analytical skills in a variety of situations that may arise.

Key functions of this position include : providing legal advice on requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), federal and state Clean Air Act, Public Records Act, California Environmental Quality Act, Bagley Keene Open Meetings Act, and other laws; coordinating with federal, State, and local agencies to interpret specific statutory and regulatory provisions, reviewing legal aspects of staff reports, letters, guidance and other documents and providing legal assistance to support Board actions; and providing legal review of grants and contracts. This position will exercise broad discretion in providing CARB management, staff, the Deputy Counsel, and the Chief Counsel, with written and oral advice, drafting and reviewing legal correspondence, working closely with the Assistant Chief Counsels to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality legal services by team members, and performing a variety of related legal tasks. The attorney selected for this position may work closely with senior State officials, including those in the Executive Office of CARB, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA), and the Governor's Office.

Travel between CARB headquarters (Sacramento and Riverside locations) other offices, and occasionally out of state, as required to complete duties.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement

Duty Statement

Working Conditions

This position may be eligible for hybrid in-office work and in-state telework. The amount of telework is at the agency's discretion and is based on the California Air Resource Boards' (CARB) current telework policy. While the CARB may support telework, some in-person attendance is also required.

The positions at the CARB may be eligible for telework with in-person attendance based on the operational needs of the position under Government Code 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California, subject to the candidate meeting telework eligibility criteria outlined in the CalEPA telework policy and / or future program need. Employees not residing in California are not eligible for telework. Regardless of hybrid telework eligibility, all employees may be required to report to the position's designated headquarters location at their own expense, as indicated on their duty statement.

• Position located in a high-rise building.
• Requires being stationary, consistent with office work, for extended periods.
• Standard office environment (artificial lighting, controlled temperature, etc.)
• Daily use of a personal computer, office equipment, and / or telephone.

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