Career Opportunities
About the Office
The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison — one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and recognized as a 2022 Star Tribune Top Workplace Minnesota and a 2023 Top Workplace USA (view Top Workplaces profile) — has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who could all work elsewhere but choose public service as a calling, and we are actively building an internal culture that supports that calling.
Current Openings
Assistant Attorney General - Antitrust Division
Posting Number: 66088 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking two Assistant Attorneys General (“AAG”) to join the Antitrust Division which is housed in the Consumer Protection Section of the Office. As an antitrust attorney, you will have the opportunity to protect healthy competition and fair markets for the benefit of all Minnesotans by enforcing state and federal antitrust laws.
Assistant Attorney General - Charities Division
Posting Number: 66125 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking three Assistant Attorneys General to join its Charities Division, which is housed in the Consumer Protection Section of the Office. The Charities Division supervises Minnesota nonprofits, charities, and charitable trusts, and enforces Minnesota charities laws. In this role, the Division protects Minnesota donors from deception and ensures that charitable assets are used to benefit the public.
Assistant Attorney General - Consumer Protection Section
Posting Number: 66152 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking two Assistant Attorneys General for the Consumer Protection Section of the Office. This section investigates companies and individuals who are violating Minnesota’s civil consumer-protection laws. The sections’s enforcement work includes litigating in Minnesota State courts and the U.S. District of Minnesota.
Assistant Attorney General - Criminal Prosecutor
Posting Number: 63049 - Deadline to Apply: Priority given to those that apply by 02/24/2023. 05/30/2023 is the last day to apply.
The Office is currently seeking an experienced prosecutor in our Criminal Division. The Criminal Division prosecutes complex felony cases at the request of county attorneys throughout the State of Minnesota. Prosecutors handle criminal cases from the investigation stage through trial and may also appear in postconviction matters. The prosecutors provide training to law enforcement agencies, county attorney offices, and other agencies involved in the criminal justice system. The deadline for first applications is Friday, February 24, 2023. We will continue to accept applications through May 30, 2023 for consideration for future hires.
Assistant Attorney General - Tax Division
Posting Number: 65697 - Deadline to Apply: May 30, 2023
The Office seeks an experienced trial attorney to join its Tax Division which is housed in the Solicitor General’s Section of the Office. The lawyer’s primary caseload will involve representing the Minnesota Department of Revenue in taxpayer-initiated court cases. The lawyer will also advise and represent the client agency in the collection of all state taxes including income, withholding, sales and use, lawful gambling, corporate income tax, controlled substance, MnCare tax, petroleum, tobacco taxes, and property taxes as well as on a wide range of land matters involving tax forfeiture.
Assistant Attorney General - Wage Theft Unit
Posting Number: 66098 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking two Assistant Attorney Generals (“AAG”) to join the Wage Theft Unit which is housed in the Consumer Protection Section of the Office. As a wage theft attorney, you will have the opportunity to serve some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable and underserved communities. While the Wage Theft Unit’s work is for the benefit of all Minnesota workers, much of the Unit’s enforcement actions are focused on unlawful wage and hour practices that target vulnerable and low-wage workers across the state, including immigrant communities and people of color. In this position, you would be at the forefront of cutting-edge labor enforcement work that has a direct, measurable impact on the lives of Minnesota workers.
Financial Analyst - Residential Utilities Division
Posting Number: 65874 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
Financial Analysts in the Residential Utilities Division (RUD) work closely with the division manager and attorneys on contested rate cases, public utilities proceedings, civil investigations, and other matters that advance the interests of residential and small business utility customers. The position involves the preparation of written testimony, comments, and analysis supporting colleagues’ cases.
Investigator - Consumer, Wage, and Antitrust Division
Posting Number: 66146 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking a consumer protection investigator to join the Consumer, Wage, and Antitrust Division of the Office. As a consumer protection investigator, you will have the opportunity to work on important civil enforcement investigations and litigation that seek to protect some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable and underserved communities around the State.
Investigator - Consumer Protection Section
Posting Number: 66150 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking an Investigator for the Consumer Protection Section of the Office. This section investigates companies and individuals who are violating Minnesota’s consumer-protection laws. The section’s enforcement work includes litigating in Minnesota State courts and the U.S. District of Minnesota.
Investigator - Wage Theft Unit
Posting Number: 66143 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is currently seeking an Investigator to join the Wage Theft Unit of the Office. As a wage theft investigator, you will have the opportunity to serve some of Minnesota’s most vulnerable and underserved communities around the State. As a wage theft investigator, you will help to develop high-profile investigations and litigation in industries such as the gig economy, hospitality and restaurants, construction, healthcare and agriculture.
Legal Secretary
Posting Number: 66145 - Deadline to Apply: June 12, 2023
The Office is seeking three Legal Secretaries to join our team; one to be assigned to support the Consumer, Wage, and Antitrust Division, one to be assigned to the Environmental and Natural Resources Division, and one to be assigned to support the Special Outreach and Protection Unit. These positions are located in our Town Square Tower office location. Specifically, these positions will support attorneys, paralegals, and investigators as directed by the supervisor.
Legal Secretary – Transportation Division
Posting Number: 65965 - Deadline to Apply: June 5, 2023
The Office is currently seeking a Legal Secretary in the Transportation Division in our Town Square Tower Office location. Specifically, this position will support attorneys and paralegals as directed by the supervisor. The work includes but is not limited to preparing legal documents and briefs, efiling, filing, serving legal documents, opening and closing files, retaining records, and occasionally transcribing documents.
Our differences make us stronger and leveraging them helps us create a workforce where everyone can thrive. The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at our workplace. We do this by developing strong leaders and advocates, increasing cultural competence, and understanding among all employees, and removing institutional barriers and attitudes that prevent employees from advancing as far as their talents will take them. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, familial status, receipt of public assistance, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or age.
We will make reasonable accommodations to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at (651) 259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us. Please indicate what assistance you need.
