OAG - Tort Litigation | Assistant Attorney General IV-V | 26-0598

General Description

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is a dynamic state agency with over 4000 employees throughout the State of Texas. As the State's law firm, the OAG provides exemplary legal representation in diverse areas of law. Assistant Attorneys General experience the challenge and honor of public service while enjoying a healthy work-life balance; hands-on legal experience; and engaging camaraderie in Austin, the scenic and lively capital of Texas.

Essential Position Functions

• Evaluates and defends against claims made against state agencies under the Texas Tort Claims Act, Texas Medical Liability Act, and the Workers' Compensation Act at all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation claims, administrative hearings, jury trials in district and county courts, and appellate work;
• Reviews medical records, researches appellate decisions and related case law, and drafts summary reports and legal memorandum;
• Provides legal advice, counsel and assistance to client state agencies;
• Drafts appellate briefs;
• 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;
• Analyzes factual and legal issues and develops evidence through witness interviews, depositions, and other discovery;
• 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.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduated from an accredited law school with a J.D.
• Licensed as an attorney by the State of Texas
• Member in good standing with the State Bar of Texas and eligible to practice law in Texas by start date.
• Experience: Three years full-time experience as a licensed attorney
• Knowledge of legal principles, practices, and proceedings; and of state and federal laws, regulations, and rules
• Skills: Legal research, writing, and analysis; conducting investigations; mediation and negotiations; reasoning and logic; identifying and solving complex problems; prioritizing workloads; exercising sound judgment and effective decision making
• Experience: One additional year of full-time legal experience as a licensed attorney
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience handling health care liability claims under the Texas Medical Liability Act, First Chair jury trial experience, Experience handling workers’ compensation law, Experience handling personal injury cases, Experience using MS Word, Adobe Acrobat, Excel, SharePoint, and LCMS, Experience with Shepardizing, Westlaw, Lexis Nexis and other related computerized legal research tools, Knowledge of the Texas Tort Claims Act and practices relevant to the cases handled by the Tort Litigation Division of the Office of the Attorney General