OAG - Bankruptcy& Collections | Legal Assistant III - IV

Overview

The Office of the Attorney General, a dynamic state agency with over 4,000 employees throughout the State of Texas, is hiring a Legal Assistant for the Bankruptcy Collections Division. The Division is the centralized collection authority for the State, charged with recovering all debts, judgments, taxes, fees, fines, penalties, loans, and other obligations referred to the agency for collection. The OAG seeks a highly qualified legal assistant to join the Bankruptcy Regulatory Team.

This team represents state regulatory agencies such as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the General Land Office, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the Public Utility Commission, as well as other OAG divisions including Consumer Protection, Healthcare Program Enforcement, and Environmental Protection, in complex, high‑profile bankruptcy cases across the country. The OAG provides exemplary legal representation in diverse areas of law and offers excellent benefits ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)

and opportunities to make a positive difference in the lives of Texans.

• Drafts, prepares, reviews, and edits pleadings, motions, briefs, abstracts, legislative histories, petitions, summary judgments, rules, and correspondence in accordance with federal court and other applicable policies and rules.
• Researches and analyzes legal sources such as statutes, case law, administrative records, opinions, abstracts, and rules and regulations; prepares memoranda on research findings.
• Prepares settlement and judgment documents; may interview witnesses and assist with background investigations; organizes documents.
• Prepares and coordinates service of subpoenas, notices of deposition and other legal documents to witnesses and parties to actions.
• Participates in coordinating, assembling and preparing evidence, exhibits, affidavits and other documents for use in legal proceedings.
• Participates in coordinating discovery, including the drafting, responding and calendaring of interrogatories, requests for production, requests for admissions and other requests for information in accordance with local, state, federal and agency rules and procedures.
• Participates in managing attorneys’ case‑loads including scheduling, prioritizing, investigating, preparing chronologies, fact summaries and filing.
• Schedules, attends, assists, and prepares attorneys for hearings, trials, agency meetings, appellate arguments, depositions, docket calls, administrative hearings or committee meetings.
• Reviews citations, quotations, footnotes, and references for accuracy; key cites cases.
• Reviews mail and screens calls for attorneys.
• Files pleadings with court.
• Assists with coordinating, assembling and preparing evidence, exhibits, affidavits and other documents for use in legal proceedings.
• Assists in all phases of trial preparation, including setting hearings/depositions/meetings, ordering demonstrative aids, coordinating discovery requests with client agencies, organizing trial notebooks and exhibits and preparing witnesses for trial.
• Assists attorneys and support staff with case management.
• Maintains calendar/docket, files, case openings and closings.
• Communicates with state agencies, court personnel or outside entities.
• Prepares Travel Requests and Travel Vouchers for attorneys and staff.
• Assists Office Manager as needed.
• Performs related work as assigned.

• Attends work regularly in compliance with agreed‑upon work schedule.
• Ensures security and confidentiality of sensitive and/or protected information.
• Complies with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity.

All above functions for Legal Assistant III plus:

• May supervise others.
• Conducts statistical, documentary, and investigatory research.
• Reviews and organizes substantial discovery requests involving oversight reviews and relativity determination.
• May provide backup support to the Office Manager.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; experience in the…