Advice Counsel

Come join our team at the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) where you will experience work-life balance, great benefits, and an exciting career that supports the Agency’s mission to make South Carolina a safe place to work and live.  

Responsibilities 

• You will serve as a senior attorney providing legal advice and counsel to boards and program areas within the Agency, including attending board meetings and hearings.   
• You will research and stay knowledgeable on relevant legal issues and identify those that could impact the Agency.
• You will assist with researching the impacts of proposed legislation on licensing boards/commissions and other Agency programs.   
• You will assist with drafting and implementing legislation that impact Agency programs.
• You will assist with board and committee meeting materials and drafting a variety of legal advisory memoranda, policies, procedures, and communications.
• You will represent boards in appeals and in state or federal court, meetings, and special task forces and committees.

Minimum Qualifications 

• A juris doctor degree or its equivalent from an accredited law school and experience as a practicing attorney.  
• Member of the SC Bar.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience as a practicing attorney.
• Completion of Rule 403 requirements.
• Considerable knowledge of SC laws, Administrative Procedures Act, policies, standards and procedures of the AG's office, general case, statutory and common law, judicial and quasi-judicial procedures and rules of guidance.  
• Ability to interpret laws, analyze facts, evidence and legal instruments, express conclusions and arguments clearly and logically, and make presentations and prepare reports.  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Other Requirements

• Position functions primarily in an office environment with extended periods of sitting and standing. 
• May require work outside of normal Agency business hours.  
• Occasional weekend work and travel (local and overnight).    
• May be required to lift, carry, move and/or position objects weighing up to 25 lbs.  
• Daily filing, data entry, telephone and computer use.  

Benefits Offered

The South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:

• Health, dental, vision, long term disability, and life insurance for employee, spouse, and children
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs