Assistant Attorney General Tort Division 2025-01915

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? Perhaps you are just getting started in your career and are looking for early development and case responsibility. Do you wonder 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 General's Office is seeking an employment law and professional licensing attorney for the Tort Litigation Division. The attorney will be responsible for advising and defending executive branch directors, administrators, and human resource managers in employment matters, including disciplinary actions, due process considerations, equal employment opportunity, actions, and compliance with other state and federal employment laws. The position also prosecutes professional licensing cases before state licensing boards. The position requires presenting evidence at formal hearings and trials and handling administrative and civil appeals from those proceedings.

The Attorney General's Office provides attorneys with an opportunity to develop expertise and utilize legal skills in a dynamic and collegial work environment while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

The State of Wyoming's 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 toward premiums
• Insurance options for health, dental, life, vision, ambulance, and short- and long-term disability
• Longevity pay

Human Resource Contact : Stacy Berres / 307-777-7130 / stacy.berres@wyo.gov

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed at the job level.

PREFERENCES /

Prior legal experience is preferred but not required. Recent graduates or law clerks are eligible and welcome to apply. To the extent that you are already familiar with employment laws, administrative law, and substantive case law on civil rights and governmental claims act, or some of the unique challenges that arise when representing a government agency, we want you to apply. To the extent that you are not familiar with these areas of law, but you have an interest, we encourage you to apply. We will work with you to ensure that you have the knowledge, mentoring, and training that you need to succeed.

Please review your application for completeness and accuracy.

KNOWLEDGE :

Knowledge, skill, and ability in the following areas are considered beneficial but not required for applicants. Successful applicants will be expected to develop aptitude in all of these areas.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

Education :

Juris Doctorate

NOTES :

015-Attorney General - Tort Litigation Division - Personnel Section

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The 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 Wyoming Administration & Information (A&I) HRD Website to ensure you have the most recent version.

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