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The State of Connecticut, Department of Banking (DOB) is accepting applications to hire a Staff Attorney 2 to join our Financial Institutions Division.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:SCHEDULE: Full-Time (40 Hours), First Shift, Monday-Friday, Hybrid work environment (combination of on-site and remote work)LOCATION: 280 Trumbull Street, Hartford, CT

WE CAN OFFER YOU:Our State Employee Benefits Overview page!Professional growth and development opportunities.A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

THE ROLE:Perform advanced, complex, and interesting legal work relating to all sectors of the financial services industry regulated by the Department; Prepare legal opinions and other documents; Help craft and review legislation to be considered by the Connecticut General Assembly;Work closely with management, examination staff, and other state and federal regulatory agencies, as well as with the Attorney General’s office; Provide legal support associated with agency review of applications and transactions; Participate in the conduct of various educational activities, including presentations to the agency and other outside groups; and Assist in all other legal matters of the Department as directed by management.

ABOUT US:

The Connecticut Department of Banking is the primary state regulator for state-chartered banks and credit unions, securities, and consumer credit. Its mission is to protect users of financial services from unlawful or improper practices by ensuring regulated entities and individuals adhere to state banking, consumer credit and securities laws. The Department accomplishes this through regular, thorough, and cost-effective examinations of the entities it supervises. The Department also engages the public and other stakeholders through a variety of media platforms, educational outreach initiatives, and press communications.

MORE ABOUT US:The Financial Institutions Division is responsible for the supervision of insured state-chartered bank and trust companies, savings banks, savings and loan associations and credit unions, in addition to innovation banks and trust banks. The Division also licenses foreign banking organizations that establish and maintain representative offices, agency offices and branch offices in Connecticut, and supervises bank holding companies. It has responsibility for analyzing applications for new bank or credit union charters, acquisitions, mergers, conversions, branches, changes in corporate structure, and credit union field of membership expansions. In addition, the Division licenses business and industrial development corporations, international trade and investment corporations and certain non-banking corporations that exercise fiduciary powers.

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