Assistant Attorney General – Memphis Office
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 Memphis Office represents the State and its employees in civil matters pending in federal and state courts located in the western part of the state, and, on special assignment, in matters of state-wide import in state and federal court, regardless of venue. The Memphis Office is a full-service division of the AG’s Office, and the attorneys handle cases with a wide variety of issues, including, for example, contract disputes, employment law issues, violations of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, alleged civil rights violations (§ 1983), and constitutional challenges to state statutes. Assignments often include complex, high-profile cases with novel and significant issues. The Memphis Office 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 the Memphis Office handle civil cases in all aspects of litigation, including motion practice, discovery, depositions, mediation, hearings, and trial. AAGs also provide general legal advice to clients on a variety of 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.