Staff Attorney 2(Hybrid)

Description

• Participates in the conduct of various educational activities;
• comprehend, analyze and organize technical data and coordinate elements of legal cases.
• Prepares and maintains precedent manuals;
• May represent agency in court when authorized;
• Provides legal guidance when duly authorized;
• Reviews legal and other related documents for legal sufficiency;
• Assists in the preparation and presentation of trials and appeals;
• May testify at or monitor legislative proceedings;
• Conducts investigations and enforcement proceedings;
• Prepares pleadings and other court papers;
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• Researches, interprets, analyzes and applies complex and conflicting laws and regulations, case law and legal principles;
• Drafts advisory opinions, rulings, decisions, recommendations, findings, legislation, statutes, regulations, publications and other related legal documents;
• Prepares comprehensive reports for use in administrative and court proceedings;
• apply judicial decisions to the interpretation of statutes;
• Negotiates and drafts settlement agreements;
• Reviews court decisions, new and proposed laws and regulations to determine impact on agency operations;
• Provides input into policy formation;
• Consults with the Office of the Attorney General on legal issues;
• Acts as hearing officer or represents agency in formal administrative and public proceedings on a full range of cases involving complex legal and technical issues;
• Researches complex legal issues;

Requirements

• legal principles, practices and procedures in Connecticut;
• Referral Questions: This posting may require completion of additional Referral Questions (RQs), which must be completed by the questionnaire’s expiration date. If requested, RQs can be accessed via an email sent to you after the job close date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section).
• Interprets and applies complex or conflicting laws and regulations, case law and legal principles;
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• Experience with negotiating and drafting contracts
• Experience with Driving Under the Influence laws
• oral and written communication skills;
• Incumbents in this class must be admitted to practice law in the State of Connecticut.
• Considerable knowledge of
• Experience with the Freedom of Information Act and its applicability to state agency records
• Experience as an attorney presenting cases under the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act
• Experience working with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Teams, Excel and Word
• Travel within the state may be required
• interpersonal skills;
• Considerable ability to
• and the ability to interpret and apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes, regulations and legislation;
• Experience in virtually presenting legal cases and conducting legal conferences using Webex platform
• Experience with drafting and editing correspondence regarding various legal matters
• Knowledge of
• Performs advanced and complex legal work of an agency;
• legal research techniques;
• criminal and constitutional law and legislative process;

Benefits

• 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. or 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance