Managing Attorney Personnel Licensing Division 2025-00820
Managing Attorney Personnel Licensing Division 2025-00820
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14-05-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 8622 - 11446
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
14-05-2025
Job Description
Description and Functions
Open Until Filled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Are you looking for a change of pace or a new opportunity to expand your professional experience Are the financial and billable hour pressures of private practice weighing on you Are you an experienced attorney who wonders if you will ever find a position with interesting and meaningful work that still allows you to balance work and family life If so you have found the right place.
The Wyoming Attorney Generals office seeks an experienced attorney to serve as a section supervisor in the Personnel Section of the Tort Litigation Division. This attorney will provide general supervision of the section including directing and mentoring assigned attorneys and paralegals while also engaging in all aspects of professional legal representation in personnel matters for various agencies of the State of Wyoming. Additional duties may include tort litigation and representation of agencies and employees under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act. This attorney must have the experience necessary to be an effective manager and lawyer who is capable of handling core administrative tasks while also engaging in legal matters. The selected applicant will handle an assigned caseload to include trial and appellate assignments involving sometimes complex or highprofile cases and may be called upon to assist with complex or novel special assignments from the Attorney General as needed. The attorney will also advise agencies and boards on daytoday legal matters review administrative rules and regulations advise the agency with respect to relevant statutes and administrative procedures and review draft legislation to advise the governor and agency clients.
The Attorney Generals Office provides employees with an opportunity to develop expertise and utilize legal skills in a dynamic and collegial work environment while maintaining a healthy worklife balance.
The State of Wyomings total compensation package is excellent and includes:- Paid annual and sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Retirement with employer contributions
- Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
- Health insurance with an employer contribution towards premiums
- Insurance options for health dental life vision ambulance and short and longterm disability
- Longevity pay
Human Resource Contact: Stacy Berres(307)
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function performed at the job level.- Provide legal advice to the various agencies within the State of Wyoming on a daytoday basis.
- Supervise and manage the attorneys and paralegals in the section including assigning cases and monitoring workload.
- Review and advise agency personnel in responses to inquiries complaints and other communications.
- Conduct legal and other research.
- Present legal conclusions and advice in various formats including legal documents oral presentations and formal and informal legal opinions.
- Handle appeals of various matters.
- Draft legal documents including complaints answers memoranda of law briefs and discovery and drafting and editing agency rules.
- Consult with the division deputy on legal strategic decisions on cases.
- Confer and collaborate with other attorneys to formulate plans policies or strategies.
- Provide input on case assignments.
- Use specialized legal skills knowledge and experience to plan actions devise strategies resolve problems and formulate legal questions explanations positions and responses.
- Review administrative rules and regulations.
- Advise agency clients with respect to relevant statutes and administrative procedures.
- Receive and provide training necessary to stay up to date on all aspects of relevant law.
- Provide assistance to clients and other staff attorneys with legal questions.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
AGENCY REQUIREMENTS/**AGENCY REQUIREMENTS:The online application system will require you to provide a significant amount of information during the application process. The system also allows you to attach additional electronic documents.
**All applicants must provide the following as part of the application process:- Professional resume
- References
- Recent writing sample
- Law school transcript
- Cover letter explaining your interest in the position
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ABILITIES:
The following categories of knowledge skill and ability are preferred:- Knowledge of substantive and procedural law of state and federal courts and administrative agencies.
- Knowledge of personnel and licensing laws and rules and regulations.
- Knowledge of the perception of human behavior and motivation.
- Knowledge of the technical requirements of the law of evidence and procedure.
- Knowledge of political and legislative processes.
- Knowledge of statutory requirements affecting the conduct of public business by state agency clients.
- Knowledge of trial and appellate practice administrative law and civil procedure.
- Skill in legal research including drafting legal memoranda and briefs presenting results and conclusions in an advocates position.
- Skill in organizing ideas and legal principles in clear and concise oral and written presentations.
- Skill in communicating facts theories and arguments to people of varying educational social and economic backgrounds.
- Skill in assessing legal strengths and weaknesses of the clients position and negotiating or litigating relative merits.
- Skill in public speaking and case presentation.
- Skill in writing clearly and concisely.
- Ability to anticipate problems and prepare for them.
- Ability to isolate and organize multiple issues and present each clearly.
- Ability to relate factual situations to personnel and licensing policies under the statutory guidelines.
- Ability to ask questions discuss legal issues and talk with people.
- Ability to manage large amounts of information and analyze for legal impact.
- Ability to organize ideas and legal principles in clear and concise oral and written presentations.
- Ability to locate authorities assimilate and reason from related authorities.
- Ability to litigate civil actions and take them through appeal if necessary.
- Ability to prioritize and reprioritize tasks as necessary.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Education:Juris DoctorateExperience:7 years of relevant legal experience
Certificates Licenses Registrations:Requires membership in the State Bar as an attorney qualified to practice law in this state.Necessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:- Desk work
- Ability to travel
NOTES:- FLSA: Exempt
- This position is atwill and is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Attorney General (W.S. 91608)
- Salary is commensurate with relevant legal experience.
- Those with experience and/or interest in civil litigation and personnel and licensing law are encouraged to apply.
- Successful applicants are required to pass a criminal background investigation.
Supplemental Information
015Attorney General Tort Division
Clickhere to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.
URL: State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
Class Specifications are subject to change please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
Employment Type
Full-Time
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