Closing Date: 5th February, 2025

Description:

Job Description and Duties:
The Tort and Condemnation Section provides legal representation to California State agencies, government officials, law enforcement officers, and employees. Our team is committed to providing the highest quality legal representation to our clients who trust and expect the Attorney General's Office to provide top tier representation on a broad range of issues. Our highly skilled deputies pride themselves on providing aggressive, proactive, and progressive litigation strategies and are committed to cultivating long-term client relationships. The Torts and Condemnation Section is looking for a Supervising Deputy Attorney General with an emphasis in complex trial and mass tort litigation to join our team and oversee, monitor, coordinate, and be a resource for all deputies handling complex trial and mass tort litigation statewide, in addition to supervising a statewide team of attorneys who handle trial and mass tort cases.

The Supervising Deputy Attorney General will work under the general supervision of the Senior Assistant Attorney General, the Chief Assistant Attorney General, the Chief Deputy Attorney General, and the Attorney General. In addition to the Supervising Deputy Attorney General directing and monitoring the work of a team of Deputy Attorney Generals, additional duties include: direct supervision of paralegals; directing the work of support staff, evaluation the performance of Deputy Attorneys General and paralegals; providing training to attorneys and paralegals; handling general administrative matters; interviewing candidates for open positions; and performing difficult and complex legal work. The Supervising Deputy Attorney General will also act as the lead attorney in difficult and complex cases, including class actions, mass tort matters, and related and/or consolidated tort and/or eminent domain matters; appearing at hearings on difficult and sensitive cases; appellate advocacy; advising various legal jurisdictions, public officials and representatives of public agencies on legal issues; conducting or supervising special investigations; and drafting and analyzing legislative measures and regulations.

All applicants must reside in California and be members in good standing of the California State Bar. Supervising Deputy Attorneys General may telework or work in office at their option but are required to attend regularly scheduled in-person meetings at their local office. Travel and in-person attendance may be required for trials, court appearances, team meetings, and operationally as needed.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Minimum Requirements:
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Deputy Attorney General Supervisor

Additional documents
  • Job application package checklist
  • Duty statement

Department information:
  • This position is located in the division of civil law, tort & condemnation section and may be filled in san diego, los angeles, sacramento, fresno, oakland or san francisco. Please clearly state which city you prefer in your cover letter.
  • The supervising deputy attorney general classification qualifies for a "hire above minimum" (ham) salary. The starting salary will be:
  • Supervising deputy attorney general (8 years): $14,228
  • New to state candidates will be hired at the starting ham salary of the classification
  • Please disregard the sroa/surplus language below, as the department of justice requires applicants to submit their sroa/surplus letter if that is the basis of their eligibility.
  • For more information about the department please visit the attorney general's website at www.oag.ca.gov.
  • If you would like to speak with a recruiter prior to submitting your application, please email recruiters@doj.Ca.gov

Special requirements:
  • A fingerprint check will be required.
  • Jc-459474 must clearly be stated in the "examination or job title(s) for which you are applying" section of your state application (std 678).
  • The supervising deputy attorney general exam may be found on-line at http://oag.Ca.gov/careers/exams
  • If mailing your application, please contact the hr consultant listed to confirm your application has been received.

Desirable qualifications:
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Strong organizational skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Strong inter-personal skills. Ability to work under pressure, demonstrate initiative, and to be a creative and resourceful problem solver. Ability to demonstrate good judgment and diplomacy when interacting with clients, the public, and all levels of department of justice staff. Superior writing and editing skills. Command of all aspects of civil litigation practice in both state and federal courts. Knowledge of bargaining unit mo us, civil service laws and rules, and disciplinary process is helpful.