Attorney 4
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Attorney 4
Salary
$5,375.00 - $10,546.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
214287
Department
LED-Office of Business Development
Opening Date
10/28/2025
Closing Date
11/6/2025 11:59 PM Central
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About this Job
At LED, our mission is to cultivate jobs and build meaningful economic opportunity for the people of Louisiana - LED is modernizing its organizational structure to operate at the highest levels, proactively and comprehensively supporting the state's existing business ecosystem, and aggressively competing to attract new ones. LED is Positioning Louisiana to Win by transforming its work culture and delivering economic development results at the speed of business.
The Attorney 4 provides a full range of legal services to Louisiana Economic Development (LED), handling matters across multiple specialized areas of law, including Louisiana property, construction, tax, public bid and procurement, contract, and administrative law. The role also involves developing public-private partnerships and associated legal documents.
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:
Accepting Direction: The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.
Acting with Ethics and Integrity:The ability to be consistent, honest, and a trustworthy steward of State resources.
Adapting to Change:The ability to adjust plans, expectations, and behaviors in response to change.
Communicating Effectively:The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
Displaying Professionalism:The ability to recognize how your actions impact the perceptions of both you and your organization.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law plus three years of experience as a practicing attorney.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=171470) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Provide legal advice and services for industrial site development projects, including complex real estate transactions, tax increment financing, and state/federal tax credits.
Review construction project proposals, financing models, and related documentation to ensure proper use of state resources.
Draft, review, and revise legal documents supporting public-private partnerships.
Review and advise on program rules, ensure compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, and assist in rule promulgation.
Participate in industry seminars and stakeholder presentations related to LED's Sites Program.
Advise staff on compliance with open meetings and ethics laws.
Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents including RFPs, contracts, cooperative endeavor agreements, and MOUs.
Draft and review legislation related to LED programs, respond to input from stakeholders, and testify before legislative committees.
Advise LED senior management on complex legal issues involving contracts, public records, open meetings, and board governance.
Prepare, review, and revise leases, servitudes, and cooperative endeavor agreements.
Manage and monitor outside counsel handling litigation and complex transactional matters.
Represent LED and liaise with outside counsel in litigation and administrative proceedings, including fact investigations, document review, discovery, and witness preparation.
Assist with executive management preparation for administrative appeals.
Review and respond to public records requests.
Position Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Probational, Promotional, or Job Appointment
Louisiana Economic Development is a State as a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dawn Thibodeaux
Human Resources Director
Dawn.Thibodeaux@la.gov
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave- Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
*** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the @type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\Retirement\System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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Phone
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Website
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