Insurance Attorney (Exempt)

This recruitment will remain open until October 30, 2025. The agency reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any time after the initial screening date on September 9, 2025. It is in the applicant’s best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.

Make a Difference: Protect Consumers & Join Our Dynamic Team!

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) seeks a qualified individual for the Insurance Attorney (Exempt) position. This role is within the Legal Affairs Division and is based out of our Tumwater Office.

We are an employer of choice! Here’s why:

• Meaningful work: Ensure a healthy insurance market & protect Washington consumers.
• Impactful career: Make a daily difference in the lives of countless Washingtonians.
• Small agency, big opportunities: Gain a holistic understanding of our mission and build strong relationships with colleagues.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion: OIC is committed to ensuring that all employees enjoy a respectful, safe, and supportive working environment - by fostering the inclusion of people from all backgrounds, cultures, and attributes.

About the Position 

Ready to make an impact in the insurance industry? Join us as an Insurance Attorney and play a key role in shaping a fair and transparent marketplace for consumers. In this exciting position, you’ll tackle diverse enforcement and litigation challenges, ensuring compliance with insurance laws and regulations while driving real change across the industry. 

Whether you’re a recent law school graduate eager to start your career or an experienced attorney looking for purpose-driven work, this is your opportunity to make a difference. Every case you handle helps protect consumers, promote accountability, and build trust in an essential industry. If you’re passionate about justice, integrity, and using your legal skills to create positive change, we want you on our team!

This recruitment may be used to establish a qualified pool of candidates for Insurance Attorney vacancies in the next sixty days.

This is a Civil Service Exempt position. The annual salary range for this position is $84,481 - $126,721.

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive benefits package: Health, dental, vision, retirement, paid leave (vacation, sick, etc.) and much more!
• Supportive work environment: We value diversity, professional growth, and collaborative atmosphere.
• Wellness programs: Invest in your well-being with on-site resources and initiatives.
• Work-life balance: Flexible schedules with telework opportunities.
• Public service fulfillment: Contribute to a cause that matters and feel the satisfaction of serving the public good.
• Training & Development: Continuously learn and grow with tuition reimbursement, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and other programs.
• Free parking (Tumwater) & Public transportation pass (Thurston County): Save on commuting costs.
• And more! Explore our website for additional benefits: https://www.insurance.wa.gov

The duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Reviews cases to ensure that action is factually supportable and legally defensible.
• Research relevant laws and comparable cases to determine a range of appropriate agency action by utilizing a variety of resources including LexisNexis, publications, and internal databases.
• Prepares memoranda for agency enforcement committees, verbally summarizes, and presents the cases and makes recommendations for appropriate enforcement actions.
• Drafts disciplinary orders, admonitory letters, compliance plans, letters and closing memoranda.
• Negotiates penalties and/or appropriate remedial measures to be taken.
• Presents OIC's position at hearings before the Presiding Officer and the Office of Administrative Hearings.
• Drafts briefs, pleadings, and motions; prepares discovery and associated responses, oral arguments, exhibits and examination and cross examination of witnesses; and presents evidence using the rules of evidence contained in the Administrative Procedures Act.

To read more about this position and view all duties, click here to request a position description.

Required Qualifications: 

• Graduation from an accredited law school* and possession of license to practice law upon start date, preferably from Washington State.

*Proof of graduation from an accredited law school will be required prior to employment. University degrees must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or foreign equivalent. If a degree was awarded outside the United States, candidates must provide a credential evaluation report.

Ready to join us?

Learn more about the OIC by visiting our website. We encourage you to check out our video below and listen to what our employees have to say about working here! 

Welcome to the OIC

Submit your application today and take the first step towards a rewarding career at the OIC!

• Wage/salary depends on qualifications or state rules of compensation (if currently a state employee).

• State law (RCW 48.02.090[5]) prohibits employees of the OIC from having any interest, directly or indirectly, in an insurance company other than as a policyholder. This prohibition includes the receipt of renewal commissions. If employment is accepted with this agency, you agree to abide by this state law.
• Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• The Office of Insurance Commissioner is an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability. Persons requiring reasonable accommodation in the application process or requiring information in an alternative format may contact the recruitment team at Recruitment@oic.wa.gov. Those with a hearing impairment in need of accommodation are encouraged to contact the Washington Relay Service at 1-800-676-3777 or www.washingtonrelay.com.  
• If you are having technical difficulties creating, accessing (log in, password or email issues) or completing your application (error messages), please call toll-free at (855) 524-5627.
• Contact us: For inquiries about this position, please contact us at recruitment@oic.wa.gov.