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Assistant Attorney General - Antitrust & Data Privacy
State of Utah
080 Attorney General
Location
Utah, 84129
Salary
$58.44 - $87.04
per hour
Type
Full Time
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Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job is for an entry-level attorney in the Utah Attorney General's office, focusing mainly on enforcing data privacy laws and handling data breaches, with some support for antitrust cases against big companies.
The role involves investigating complaints, negotiating settlements, and litigating in state and federal courts, often teaming up with other states and federal agencies.
It's a good fit for someone with a few years of civil litigation experience who is passionate about protecting consumer privacy and has strong teamwork skills.
Key Requirements
- Three or more years of civil litigation experience, including managing a busy caseload in federal and state courts
- Experience with data breach, data privacy law, antitrust, and competition law
- Familiarity with multistate enforcement actions or multi-party cases
- Membership in good standing in the bar of a U.S. state (Utah State Bar required before completing probation)
- Ability to conduct all phases of civil litigation: intake, investigation, pretrial, discovery, trial, appeal, and post-judgment
- Skill in collaborating with state attorneys general, FTC, DOJ, and supervising staff on cases
- Primarily in-office work in Salt Lake City, Utah; only current Utah AG office employees eligible
Full Job Description
Assistant Attorney General - Antitrust and Data Privacy
The Utah Attorney General has an immediate opening for a full-time attorney to serve as an Assistant Attorney General in the Antitrust & Data Privacy Division. This position will focus primarily on data privacy and data breach enforcement, while assisting with antitrust work as needed. We are committed to serving the public, and we do this by working collaboratively with other state and federal partners in affirmative civil litigation. The work includes investigation, negotiation, and litigation in state and federal courts.
Our team of four line attorneys and staff, led by the Division Director, has been on the front lines of litigation against large technology companies like Google and Meta. The Antitrust Team continues to litigate several major cases against Live Nation, Agri Stats, and many generic drug manufacturers. We also lead multistate investigations and actions against companies to protect consumer data. For example, Utah was a leader in protecting our citizens’ genetic information when 23andMe suffered a data breach and again after it filed bankruptcy last year.
The Division is at the cutting edge of the national discussion about cybersecurity, consumer data privacy rights, artificial intelligence, and related topics like child online safety and privacy. Utah is a leader in developing and instituting data privacy protections for consumers, and the team is responsible for enforcing the Utah Protection of Personal Information Act (UPPIA), the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), the Government Data Privacy Act (GDPA), and more.
The ideal candidate will have experience with data breach and data privacy law, as well as antitrust and competition law. The candidate will also be familiar with the dynamics of multistate enforcement actions or similar multi-party cases in the private sector. The job will involve navigating numerous complex civil investigations and litigation matters, primarily enforcing the UPPIA, UCPA, GIPA, GDPA, and HIPAA. A candidate should be able to manage a caseload from initial complaint to investigation, litigation, trial, and appeal. In addition to working with many other state attorneys general, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice, our team also advises and helps develop state legislation and policies.
We intend to fill this position with an attorney who has three or more years of civil litigation experience, including experience litigating a busy caseload in federal and state court. Membership in the Utah State Bar in good standing is required before completing probation, and membership in good standing in the bar of a state of the United States is required for probationary employment. The position is primarily in-office in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Our team of four line attorneys and staff, led by the Division Director, has been on the front lines of litigation against large technology companies like Google and Meta. The Antitrust Team continues to litigate several major cases against Live Nation, Agri Stats, and many generic drug manufacturers. We also lead multistate investigations and actions against companies to protect consumer data. For example, Utah was a leader in protecting our citizens’ genetic information when 23andMe suffered a data breach and again after it filed bankruptcy last year.
The Division is at the cutting edge of the national discussion about cybersecurity, consumer data privacy rights, artificial intelligence, and related topics like child online safety and privacy. Utah is a leader in developing and instituting data privacy protections for consumers, and the team is responsible for enforcing the Utah Protection of Personal Information Act (UPPIA), the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), the Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), the Government Data Privacy Act (GDPA), and more.
The ideal candidate will have experience with data breach and data privacy law, as well as antitrust and competition law. The candidate will also be familiar with the dynamics of multistate enforcement actions or similar multi-party cases in the private sector. The job will involve navigating numerous complex civil investigations and litigation matters, primarily enforcing the UPPIA, UCPA, GIPA, GDPA, and HIPAA. A candidate should be able to manage a caseload from initial complaint to investigation, litigation, trial, and appeal. In addition to working with many other state attorneys general, the Federal Trade Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice, our team also advises and helps develop state legislation and policies.
We intend to fill this position with an attorney who has three or more years of civil litigation experience, including experience litigating a busy caseload in federal and state court. Membership in the Utah State Bar in good standing is required before completing probation, and membership in good standing in the bar of a state of the United States is required for probationary employment. The position is primarily in-office in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Requirements
- Assist and collaborate with teammates and assign and supervise staff on a case-by-case basis.
- Conduct all levels of civil litigation from initial intake, through investigation, pretrial, pleadings, law and motion, expert and fact discovery, trial, appeal, and post-judgment.
- Maintain an active caseload with minimal supervision.
- Coordinate with public information officer as needed.
- Build collaborative relationships with other state and federal enforcers.
- Litigate high-profile and complex cases.
- Negotiate resolution of complex, multi-party disputes.
- Communicate, write, and listen well.
- Draft legal briefs, contracts, and memoranda.
- Present on topics at conferences and panels.
- Learn new skills and adopt new technologies.
- Travel to various events and courts in and outside of Utah.
- Develop cases from initial complaints or inquiries.
- Develop, edit, and consult on legislation over antitrust, competition and data privacy.
- Additional factors that may be considered would be a formal education in economics, data privacy, or computer science, CIPP/US certification, or current work towards those goals.
Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of general antitrust and competition laws, federal and state data privacy laws, and other related areas of law.
- Experience with performing investigation and civil litigation in federal and state court.
- Experience and skill to perform all above responsibilities.
- Pro-growth and humble mindset.
- Communicate well within a team environment.
- Strong ability to read and interpret difficult texts and sources of law.
- Understand complex legal processes and procedures, including multidistrict litigation.
- Perform legal research using case law and other techniques.
- Understand and follow laws governing access to public and private records.
Additional Information
- A Juris Doctorate is required.
- Must be able to travel as required.
- Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
- Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items; driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work.
- Valid driver license required to drive a motor vehicle on a highway in this state per UCA 53-3-202(1)(a).
- Where statute mandates, active membership in the Utah State Bar prior to the end of the statutory probationary period.
- An applicant may confirm benefits with Ally Aldrich at alaldrich@agutah.gov.
Attorneys are hired at a salary consistent with their experience-level-peers in non-supervisory positions.
For the purpose of starting salary calculation, experience level is based on initial Bar admittance year, less any years not practicing law.
Annual salary ranges for each grade level are outlined below:Grade LevelBar YearApproximate SalaryI2023-2025$121,500II2020-2022$127,700III2016-2019$134,300IV2015-Prior$140,900 - $180,000 (Depending on Experience)
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