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About the DFPI

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) protects consumers and oversees financial service providers and products. The DFPI supervises the operations of state-licensed financial institutions, including banks, credit unions and money transmitters. Additionally, the DFPI licenses and regulates a variety of financial service providers, including securities brokers and dealers, investment advisers, payday lenders and other consumer finance lenders. The DFPI offers benefit packages, competitive salary, a robust training program and opportunities for advancement.

 

Position Details

Job Code #:

JC-524269

 

Position #(s):

410-140-5795-100

410-140-5795-214

410-140-5795-219

410-140-5795-008

 

Working Title:

Senior Counsel

 

Classification:

ATTORNEY III

$10,852.00 - $15,325.00 A

CalHR has authorized the DFPI to pay candidates hired in at the Attorney III (Range A) a hire above minimum (H.A.M.) rate of $12,046.00.

 

# of Positions:

4

 

Work Location:

Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego

 

Telework:

In Office

 

Job Type:

Permanent, Full Time

 

Job Description And Duties

Effective July 1, 2025, The California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs that each full-time employee shall receive a reduction in pay in exchange for PLP 2025 leave credits, monthly. The salary range(s) included in the job advertisement do not reflect the reduction in pay. SEIU Bargaining units (1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21) will receive a 3 percent reduction in pay in exchange for 5 hours of PLP 2025 per month.

 

The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is recruiting for four (4) Permanent, Full-time Attorney III positions within the Enforcement Division. These positions are to be located in the Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego offices. This recruitment may be used to fill subsequent vacancies of these positions within the next 180 days.

 

 

 

Under the general direction of the Attorney, Assistant Chief Counsel, the Attorney III performs independently and with broad discretion, litigation work. The Attorney III will represent the Department in all litigation forums including civil and administrative cases in state and federal courts and before the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Attorney III will serve as lead counsel on routine matters, directing a team of attorneys, examiners, and investigators. This role involves analyzing products, developing litigation strategies to determine whether licensing is required, and negotiating compliance through licensure. The Attorney III will also prepare legal opinions and factual analyses and recommend appropriate enforcement actions.

 

 

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

 

Final Filing Date: 7/23/2026

 

Examination Information

Applicants will need to take and pass the online Attorney III exam/assessment to be eligible to apply for the Attorney III positions. Please visit: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Exams/ExamBulletin.aspx?ExamControlId=1580

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

All Attorney Levels

All classifications require active membership in The California State Bar. (Applicants who are not members of The California State Bar but who are eligible to take the California State Bar examination or are in their final year of law school will be admitted to the examination but will not be considered eligible for appointment until they are admitted to The State Bar.)

Applicants who are six months from meeting the required legal experience will be admitted to the examination, but must meet the total required years of experience prior to appointment.

 

Attorney III

Five years of legal experience in the practice of law*.

 

* “Legal experience in the practice of law" is defined as: (1) only that legal experience acquired after admission to any State Bar, or (2) experience as a judicial clerk for a federal court, California's state courts, or any other state's courts, or (3) legal experience acquired while practicing under a provisional license to practice law issued by the State Bar of California's Provisional Licensure Program, to constitute experience in the practice of law. For an individual's judicial clerkship to qualify as “legal experience in the practice of law," the experience must have been gained after receipt of a Juris Doctor or equivalent degree.

 

 

Consider a rewarding and challenging career with the DFPI!

 

 

DFPI Website: www.dfpi.ca.gov