Prin Attorney - Grade 65

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Positions

This title exists within Various New York State Agencies and has approximately 21 positions statewide.

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Salary Information for Assnt Attorney 1
Title Grade Hiring Rate/yr Job Rate/yr
Assnt Attorney 1 18 $65,001 $82,656
Assnt Attorney 2 20 $72,032 $91,381
Assnt Attorney 3 22 $79,928 $101,197
Senr Attorney 25 $93,530 $117,875
Assoc Attorney 28 $109,250 $134,178
Supvg Attorney 64 $123,793 $156,224
Prin Attorney 65 $137,457 $173,664

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Job Duties

As a Principal Attorney, you would be in charge of a major legal division within an agency's legal office or serve as second-in-command of an agency's legal office and provide expert legal advice and assistance to executive management and support to agency program administrators at the policymaking level to ensure that the Department's interests are properly represented in all litigation and administrative proceedings, and for all novel legal issues. Duties may include, but not be limited to: evaluating litigation, discussing matters with bureau chiefs, preparing written opinions, reviewing and drafting regulations and legislation, reviewing circular letters, drafting pleadings, affidavits, responses to questions by opposing parties, questions for cross-examination, preparing documents in response to subpoenas, compilations of privilege logs, and attending and monitoring depositions; overseeing administrative actions and the implementation of recently enacted legislation, the development of new policy, and participating in meetings and conferences; supervising a group of lower-level attorneys engaged in the preparation of legal cases for which there is little precedent and/or which have a major impact on an agency's mission and program; analyzing legal opinions, briefs and other material; and preparing memoranda of law, conferring with administrators or outside parties to legal action in order to mediate, negotiate, or settle legal issues related to the agency's mission and programs. Incumbents may be engaged in a specialized area of law in connection with a single agency program or in a more general atmosphere as evidenced by the concern with laws governing a number of agency programs.

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Summary of Minimum Qualifications

Please note: qualifications for this position may be subject to change. If substitutions for education and/or experience are allowed, this information would be available on the announcement.

You must take and pass a Civil Service Examination in order to be considered for this position.

On or before the date of the examination, the candidate must be a qualified employee of New York State and have had three months permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Supervising Attorney or Supervising Attorney (Various Parenthetics) or Associate Attorney or Associate Attorney (Various Parenthetics).

For informational purposes only, click on the examination number(s) listed below to see the current or previous examination(s) that are used to fill this title.

37-755010

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How to Apply

When this examination is scheduled to be held, the announcement can be found on the Department of Civil Service, Examination Announcements web page. If you do not see an examination currently scheduled please check back on a monthly basis or sign up for email notification so that you will automatically be notified when new examinations are being offered.

Mobility Options

Career mobility is not just limited to the titles in the Career Ladder, above. Additional movement may be achieved through transfers opportunities or other examinations.

For additional information or clarification of transfer determinations, current State employees should contact the Career Mobility Office at (518) 485-6199 or (800) 553-1322.

You can also visit ELMS Online to view established open-competitive, promotion, and transition eligible lists.

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