Assistant Attorney General – Law Enforcement and Special Prosecutions Division
The Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter represents all state officials, employees, agencies, departments, boards, and commissions in matters arising from their public duties. Such representation includes litigation, transactional assistance, and general legal advice to a wide variety of State entities. The Attorney General’s Office employs approximately 200 attorneys organized into 16 legal divisions within 5 sections.
About the Division:
The Law Enforcement and Special Prosecutions Division (LESP) is part of the Civil Law Section of the Attorney General’s Office. LESP advises the State’s law enforcement and corrections entities, and it defends them in most types of civil litigation, as it also does for state judicial officials, prosecutors, and public defenders. Along with civil defense, LESP investigates and prosecutes certain civil enforcement actions, forfeitures, and ousters, as well as all matters within the Attorney General’s limited criminal jurisdiction.
LESP is proud to represent public servants committed to upholding the rule of law and the criminal justice system. This practice area offers attorneys the unique opportunity to master both civil and criminal law in a litigation context. LESP’s assignments include complex, high-profile cases with novel and significant issues. This division strives to produce excellent work-product in a collegial and collaborative environment, while also encouraging personal development away from work.
Job Overview:
Assistant attorneys general in LESP handle a large docket of civil cases in all aspects of litigation, including motion practice, discovery, depositions, mediation, hearings, and trial. AAGs also provide general legal advice to the division’s clients on a variety of law-enforcement-related topics.
Minimum Qualifications:
- At least three years’ experience as a civil litigator who’s participated in all aspects of litigation
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- Admission to the Tennessee Bar and in good standing
- Excellent written and oral communication skills (all applicants must submit a recent writing sample)
- Experience managing multiple cases simultaneously
- Experience as first chair in at least one civil trial or evidentiary hearing
- Eagerness to be an enthusiastic member of a collaborative, collegial team of incredible public servants
Applications can be submitted via our online applicant portal. Please direct questions to hrteam@ag.tn.gov.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status, or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws. Offers for this position will be contingent upon a satisfactory criminal history check.