ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL - HEALTH AND EDUCATION - 69291

Executive Service

Hybrid Work: Employees have access to 2 remote workdays per week after 6 months.

This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position

Who we are and what we do:

The Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter represents all State officials, employees, agencies, departments, boards, and commissions in matters arising from their public duties. Such representation includes litigation, transactional assistance, and general legal advice to a wide variety of State entities. The Attorney General's Office employs approximately 200 attorneys organized into 21 legal divisions within 6 sections.

About the Health and Education Division:

The Health and Education Division (HED) is part of the State Services and Litigation Section of the Attorney General's Office. HED represents and advises the State's education entities (Department of Education, Board of Education, state universities) and oversees programmatic litigation for TennCare and the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

HED's practice areas give attorneys exciting opportunities to work on complex, high-profile cases with novel and significant issues. This division strives to offer the best culture for litigators in public service: excellent work-product on interesting issues in a collegial and collaborative environment, while also protecting a high-quality of life outside of work.

Key Responsibilities:

Job Overview:
The duties and responsibilities of HED AAG include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Developing case strategy with the client agency.
   
2. Collaborating with other attorneys, paralegals, and support staff within the office.
   
3. Obtaining, providing, and evaluating oral, written, and electronic discovery.
   
4. Consulting with expert witnesses.
   
5. Pursuing effective motion practice.
   
6. Negotiating and mediating settlements or trying cases.
   
7. Protecting the State's interests on appeal.

Minimum Qualifications:

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

1. Four or more years of complex civil litigation experience preferred.
   
2. Demonstrated excellence in legal research and writing, preferably in the areas of constitutional, election, and education law.
   
3. Strong analytical, negotiating, and oral advocacy skills.
   
4. Electronic discovery experience preferred.
   

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee's Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State's policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person's race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.