Senior Legal Counsel

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: To perform legal advice and services in a state department or agency on issues posing complex legal interpretations and extensive research of law, rules and regulations; to train, instruct and supervise entry level legal staff; and to do related work as required.SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the general supervision of a superior with latitude for the exercise of independent judgement; work is subject to review of conformance to established policies, rules, regulations and provisions of law.SUPERVISION EXERCISED: Trains, instructs and supervises entry level legal staff members and clerical support staff assigned to assist.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
To provide legal advice and services in a state department or agency on issues posing complex legal interpretations and extensive research of law, rules and regulations.To provide instruction and training to subordinate legal staff in the performance and execution of legal services and to review such work performed for results obtained and conformance to law, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.To serve as a hearing officer for cases of a complex and difficult nature requiring the interpretation and enforcement of applicable laws, rules and regulations.To prepare legal documents, as well as draft rules, regulations, laws, legislation and amendments thereto.To perform extensive legal research relative to various departmental or agency issues or the preparation and presentation of cases in court.To prepare in-depth reports, briefs, papers and recommendations on legal matters.To be responsible for analyzing pertinent information and evidence in order to provide legal opinions to departmental or agency staff personnel for the proper execution of their responsibilities.To review and evaluate departmental programs from a legal perspective and to propose appropriate changes.To gather and analyze evidence for cases and review pertinent decisions, policies, regulations, and other legal matters pertaining to such case and to represent the agency in court.To interact and coordinate legal activities with other legal staff and various other state departments and agencies.To be responsible for the development and maintenance of legal service programs designed for client groups and to consult with such groups on legal program matters.To do related work as required.
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