Attorney IV

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is a global leader in protecting air quality, fighting climate change, and furthering environmental justice. The Executive Office of CARB 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 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 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.

Under the general direction of an Assistant Chief 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 novel theories, emerging areas of law, legal specialization, 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 the most technical and complex legal work.

This position will work closely with CARB management and staff, and as needed officials from other federal and State 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, litigation and negotiation experience, and advocacy and analytical skills in a variety of situations that may arise.

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

Working Conditions

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

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 set forth 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.