OAG - Environmental Protection | Assistant Attorney General I - II | 26-0428

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Austin, TX
Category Legal
Job Description
The Office of the Attorney General, a dynamic state agency, is hiring an attorney for the Environmental Protection Division. The attorney will provide legal advice, counsel, and assistance; represent the State's interest in civil matters; and prepare legal documents.

Requirements

  • Provides legal advice, counsel, and assistance.
  • Represents the State's interest in civil matters.
  • Prepares legal documents, including but not limited to briefs, pleadings, and memoranda.
  • Performs legal research and investigations, and reports findings and conclusions.
  • Participates in administrative and evidentiary hearings and in the discovery process
  • Assists in preparing cases for trials.
  • Assists in representing the Office of the Attorney General in state or federal district and appellate courts.
  • Assists in drafting bills for legislative consideration.
  • Oversees and/or coordinates the scheduling and drafting of interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions, and requests for information.
  • Oversees and/or coordinates, assembles, and prepares evidence, exhibits, affidavits, and documents for use in legal proceedings.
  • Oversees and/or researches and analyzes legal sources such as statutes, case law, administrative records, opinions, articles, treaties, property titles, and rules and regulations.
  • Oversees and/or schedules and prioritizes attorney caseloads; organizes case files; attends initial interviews and depositions; conducts investigations; and prepares chronologies, fact summaries, and witness files.
  • Prepares synopses, abstracts, or summaries of complex legal issues.
  • Prepares attorneys for meetings with complainants, witnesses, and expert witnesses.
  • Conducts statistical, documentary, and investigatory research.
  • Drafts and responds to correspondence and opinion requests involving legal interpretations and decisions.
  • Performs related work as assigned
  • Maintains relevant knowledge necessary to perform essential job functions
  • Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed-upon work schedule
  • Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information
  • Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity

Benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401k Matching
  • Retirement Plan
  • Generous Parental Leave
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