Assistant Attorney General - Consumer Protection

• Investigate potential violations of state and federal antitrust laws, including monopolization, price-fixing, bid rigging, market allocation schemes, and other anticompetitive conduct.
• Conduct civil antitrust litigation from initiation through resolution, including investigation, civil investigative demands, discovery, depositions, motions practice, hearings, and trial.
• Review proposed mergers and acquisitions to assess competitive impact and advise on enforcement options.
• Draft complaints, motions, briefs, civil investigative demands, consent decrees, and other legal documents in antitrust and consumer protection matters.
• Perform legal research and prepare written analyses on complex antitrust and consumer protection issues.
• Advise Bureau leadership and the Attorney General on matters involving antitrust law, market competition, and consumer protection enforcement.
• Handle select consumer protection matters involving deceptive trade practices and unfair business practices as assigned. 

• Some travel is required

• Experience in state or federal antitrust enforcement.
• Familiarity with merger review, civil investigative demand practice, or multimarket investigation.
• Economics background or experience conducting economic analysis. 
• Judicial clerkship experience.

The Nebraska Department of Justice is dedicated to assuring equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees in all aspects of personnel administration without regard to political affiliation, race, color, national origin, sex, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, or religious creed and with proper regard for their privacy and constitutional rights. Veterans’ preference applicable.