Closing Date: 27th March, 2025
Description:
Position Summary:Under general supervision of a deputy unit director this position provides legal advice and representation services in the enforcement of criminal statutes, commencement of criminal actions, or in defense of governmental clients. This position has an emphasis on complex financial and labor exploitation crimes. This position requires the exercise of sound and reasoned judgment in legal skills, analysis, and workload management. This position requires working professionally and collaboratively within the division and unit as well as on interdivisional and interdepartmental projects, assignments, and other tasks. This position also performs other administrative functions and duties as assigned.
Salary Information:
The Assistant Attorney General position is in pay schedule 09 and pay range 75. The starting pay will be between $36.72 - $56.37/hour (approx. $76,377 to $117,249 annually). Pay for current or former state employees will follow the provisions found in the State of Wisconsin Compensation Plan. A 12-month probationary period may be required.
Job Details:
This position may be eligible to work remotely as part of a hybrid schedule, following an initial training period. Travel to the headquarters is not eligible for travel reimbursement. Options for remote work will be discussed during the interview.
High speed internet access is required to meet the needs of remote work.
Occasional in state travel will be required. Must be eligible to drive when required for travel.
The Department of Justice does not sponsor work visas at the time of hire or anytime during employment. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required Employment Eligibility Form I-9.
A background check, including fingerprints, will be completed on applicants prior to selection.
Qualifications:
Please address the following in your resume and/or letter of qualifications.
Minimally qualified applicants must have professional law experience in the following:
- Negotiating resolution of cases.
- First-chair experience litigating motion hearings, evidentiary hearings, oral arguments, and jury trials.
- Litigating criminal cases at the state and/or federal level with experience performing the following duties:
- Preparing and drafting pleadings, pretrial motions, and briefs;
- Reviewing and producing discovery;
- Analyzing facts and applying applicable law;
- Preparing witnesses;
- Handling cases at all stages from investigation through post-conviction.
- Training or experience in labor exploitation (e.g. labor trafficking, worker misclassification, payroll fraud, workers compensation fraud, etc.)
- Training or experience litigating complex criminal or civil financial cases (e.g. money laundering, wire fraud, unemployment insurance fraud, theft from a financial institution, etc.).
- Training or experience litigating environmental, and/or consumer protection cases.
- Post-conviction litigation experience, including researching, analyzing, and writing briefs in circuit, district, or appellate courts.
- Training a professional audience on legal topics.
