Career Opportunities
About the Office
The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison 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 choose public service as a calling, and we are actively and intentionally committed to supporting an internal culture that affirms that calling. The Office is one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and as of 2026, has been recognized as a Star Tribune Top Workplace Minnesota for five years in a row and Top Workplace USA for five years in a row.
Current Openings
Assistant Attorney General
Commerce, Elections, and Trades Division
Posting Number: 96475 | Application Deadline: September 8, 2026
The Office is seeking an Assistant Attorney General in its Commerce, Elections, and Trades Division. The division represents a variety of agencies in state and federal district and appellate courts, and in administrative proceedings. This position’s primary caseload will involve representing the Department of Commerce in cases before the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). This includes representing the Department in contested case proceedings before the Court of Administrative Hearings and at PUC meetings.
Assistant Attorney General
Employment, Tort, & Public Utilities Commission
Posting Number: 96486 | Application Deadline: September 3, 2026
The Office is currently seeking an Assistant Attorney General in the Employment, Tort, & Public Utilities (ETP) Division of the Solicitor General’s Section. Attorneys in the ETP Division defend the State and its agencies, officers, and employees from tort and employment claims. ETP Division attorneys also handle other complex civil matters such as defending challenges to the constitutionality of statutes.
Chief Financial Officer
Posting Number: 95719 | Application Deadline: August 25, 2026
The Office is seeking a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to serve as the strategic leader overseeing financial operations of the Office of the Attorney General (AGO), ensuring effective stewardship of public resources, and compliance with policies and laws. The CFO serves as a trusted member of the AGO's leadership team and provides strategic financial guidance to support organizational priorities, legislative initiatives, and long-term planning.
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.
