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Telecom Advocacy Managing Attorney – TURN seeks a Telecom Advocacy Managing Attorney committed to racial and economic justice to provide leadership to TURN’s Telecom Team of high-impact regulatory policy advocates.
Work Hours:
- Exempt, Full-Time, 40 hours. Monday – Friday.
- Occasional evening and weekend hours, as needed, to meet filing deadlines.
- Headquartered in Bay Area, but remote candidates will be considered.
Key Job Duties:
- Manage the Telecom Team of attorneys and policy analysts, including work assignments
- and equitable workload distribution in accordance with TURN’s telecom priorities.
- Review key filings produced by the Telecom Team prior to submission to ensure
- consistency in TURN’s telecom goals and advocacy.
- Represent residential and small business customers in CPUC proceedings by drafting
- and filing legal pleadings, conducting legal and policy research, utilizing discovery, preparing expert witnesses, conducting cross-examination, engaging in oral advocacy, lobbying decision-makers, working with other consumer and community groups, and taking other forms of legal action.
- Lead regular Team meetings to discuss key policy developments, forge alignment
- between legal, organizing, communications, and overall political strategies, and review/adjust caseload assignments.
- Maintain a strong working relationship with the TURN Race and Equity Team and the
- TURN Organizing Team, and external working relationship with key allies for telecom work.
- Maintain Team portfolio of Intervenor Compensation requests and work with the Chief
- Financial Officer to confirm accurate claim analysis, delegate the preparation of compensation requests accordingly, and track billable and non-billable hours on a daily basis, and submit billable hour reports on a monthly basis.
- Coordinate relationships with TURN external experts—currently two economists, one
- attorney, and one engineer. Work with Chief Financial Officer to review and approve
- invoices and time sheets from experts.
- Work with Executive Director and other managers to identify Telecom Team success to
- produce written summaries for TURN Board, TURN website, online alerts, mailed newsletters, or other program related materials.
- Direct and delegate the Telecom Team’s legislative proposal analysis, work closely with
- TURN’s lobbyist and Executive Director, and as the subject warrants.
- Help develop TURN media materials and respond to press queries.
- Work on legal projects and organizational building activities as assigned by the
- Executive Director.
- Coordinate with Human Resource Director on personnel matters, review time off
- requests in TURN’s internal portal, and participate in any Management Team related activities.
- Attend CLE, and other professional conferences, to stay current on legal and policy issues.
Requirements:
- Education: Graduate of an accredited school of law.
- Experience: 2–10 years of experience in telecommunications policy and regulatory matters at the CPUC or an equivalent state or federal agency; additional experience would be welcome, such as working in multiracial and multilingual organizations.
- Licensure: Licensed to practice law in California or in another state, or willingness to sit for the California Bar Exam within one year.
Salary Range for Position – Telecom Advocacy Managing Attorney:
$140,000 to $180,000 for an attorney with 6–20 years of directly relevant legal and supervisory experience.
Application Process:
TURN actively encourages applications from people who would add to our staff diversity, as well as to the diversity of the energy policy field. Bilingual Spanish-English fluency is desirable, though not a requirement.
Submit to chouston@turn.org the following documents:
- Cover letter.
- Resume.
- Writing sample.
Please contact chouston@turn.org to request an accommodation for the application process if necessary.