Deputy Attorney General II/III/IV

Position Information

Examples Of Duties

• Assists Agents with consumer inquiries and mediations that are complex or require legal research or analysis
• Oversees investigations, including supporting the agents in developing and executing investigation plans, reviewing Agent Investigation Reports, and preparing recommendations to the CDAG
• Performs enforcement activities including legal review, and provides advice and recommendations with respect to the conduct of civil investigations and resulting legal actions
• Drafts relevant enforcement and settlement documents for the CDAG’s review, and represents the Commonwealth and public interest in related proceedings or litigation
• Participates in or handles all aspects of state and federal litigation including drafting legal documents including pleadings, motions, and briefs; conducting discovery; participating in hearings; conducting trial preparation; and engaging in post-trial activity as needed
• Represents the OAG when actively participating with other state attorneys general in health care multistate working groups, investigations, rulemaking, and litigation with a range of issues often with nationwide implications
• Reviews, analyzes, and makes recommendations regarding proposed legislative and regulatory changes affecting public health, and when appropriate drafts responses or comments to proposals
• Conducts legal research, interprets and applies laws and regulations, and performs legal analysis in connection with the preparation of pleadings, motions, and trials as well as internal advisory memoranda for purposes of providing advice and recommendations to supervisors
• Prepares and answers intra-office correspondence as well as correspondence with consumers; opposing counsel; representatives of local, state, and federal law enforcement and regulatory agencies; consumer advocates and organizations; and others as necessary
• Completes other miscellaneous projects at the discretion of the CDAG
• Performs related work as required

Minimum Experience and Training

• Graduation from an accredited school of law, admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and a minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience in professional legal work.

• Graduation from an accredited school of law, admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and a minimum of six years of progressively responsible experience in professional legal work

• Graduation from an accredited law school, admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible, professional legal experience