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Description:
Position Overview:
Under administrative direction and supervision of the Deputy General Counsel, represents and advises the Department in litigation; advises and counsels administrators of the Department on a wide range of legal issues.
Job Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Under administrative direction and supervision of the Deputy General Counsel, represents and advises the Department in litigation; advises and counsels administrators of the Department on a wide range of legal issues.
Job Responsibilities:
- Serves as Assistant General Counsel.
- Represents the Department as lead counsel in administrative hearings.
- Conducts analysis on individual lawsuits regarding exposure of the Department.
- Advises and counsels administrators of the Department on a wide variety of legal issues.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years college, preferably with courses in law or legal studies.
- Requires three (3) progressively responsible administrative legal experience for a public or private organization.
- Requires the possession of a license to practice law in Illinois.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Three (3) years of professional litigation experience, including but not limited to contracts, tort, civil rights, and complex class actions for a public or private organization, including experience with all aspects of discovery and trial.
- Three (3) years of professional experience in administrative law, including but not limited to analyzing and researching legal documents and instruments in order to prepare and conduct formal or informal administrative hearings, from initial pleadings and responses, through discovery, hearing, and post-hearing filings.
- Three (3) years of professional experience working with statutes and administrative rules, case law, and other legal literature.
- Three (3) years of professional experience developing and presenting oral and written legal opinions.
- Three (3) years of professional experience meeting deadlines with strong attention to detail and the ability to use critical thinking skills while multi-tasking multiple projects.
- Three (3) years of professional experience communicating with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring detailed and critical analysis of work performed.
- Three (3) years of professional experience reviewing proposed legislation, amendments, resolutions, procedures, rules, and regulations for a public or private organization.
- Three (3) years of professional legal experience conducting thorough research on a variety of legal issues.
