Advises on investigations, conducts legal analysis, and drafts legal pleadings, agreements, or memoranda in factually or legally complex cases of unprofessional conduct by health care providers as well as those practicing without a license;

Analyzes disciplinary sanctions available for a particular case and makes recommendations to the decision-making disciplinary authority;

Performs the work of the lower level in the series;

Performs other work as required.

Knowledge of: administrative, procedural, tort, and common law and procedures, including adjudicative proceedings and rulemaking; rules of evidence and case law related to admissibility of evidence; civil procedure; constitutional law; public disclosure laws; agency, board, or commission specific statutes and related regulations and the case law relating to statutes; specific body of law applicable to their field of assignment to include federal and state statutes, court decisions, and agency regulations; departmental policies relevant to the hearings process; organization of the department for which cases are heard.

Ability to: supervise and/or review conduct of fair hearings; give legal counsel to department heads and subordinates; scrutinize transcripts, findings, and orders from hearings conducted by other Legal Examiners for errors of language, instructions to witnesses, rulings on evidence, conclusions of law, conformance with policy, and any other elements which could result in improper resolution of issues; write findings of fact, conclusions of law, and orders concisely and accurately; instruct lower-level examiners in all phases of hearings examination, including writing of findings and orders; travel regularly within the state.

There may be instances where individual positions must have additional licenses or certification. It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure the appropriate licenses/certifications are obtained for each position. 

Persons legally authorized to work in the U.S. under federal law, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, are eligible for employment unless prohibited by other state or federal law.

Admission to practice law in the state of Washington; or graduation from an accredited school of law and current admission to practice before the highest court of a state.

AND

Five years of practice that includes litigation experience.

OR

Three years of experience as a Legal Examiner 2.

Equivalent education/experience.