Staff Attorney

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Staff Attorney providing legal guidance on election and tax law compliance for Indivisible organizations. Collaborating with legal teams on contracts, compliance education, and legal research.

Responsibilities:

  • Working with the Senior Counsel, provide cross-program support and legal guidance for innovative programmatic priorities involving campaign finance, lobbying, and election activity.
  • Under the supervision of the Senior Counsel, review, draft, and provide guidance on contracts, leases, grant agreements, and other legal documentation.
  • Help develop and update effective compliance education and program-specific training tools for Indivisible employees relating to election and tax law compliance and internal policies and procedures.
  • Support the Senior Compliance Manager in developing and managing data systems, compliance procedures, and internal processes/practices relating to campaign finance reporting and entity time tracking.
  • Conduct independent and complex legal research and write memoranda. Issue spot, investigate, and evaluate legal implications of compliance issues.
  • Help monitor changing areas of tax and election law as they relate to Indivisible entities and legal compliance.

Requirements:

  • Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school with a strong academic background.
  • Membership in good standing of any state bar association.
  • 1-3 years’ legal experience, preferably with some experience in tax-exempt governance, lobbying, and election law activity.
  • Experience with Google Office suite of products.