Assistant General Counsel - Tourism and Recreation Department

Assistant General Counsel - Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Agency

566 DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Administration Division

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full time

Regular

The beginning pay for this position is $90,000 per year.

Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department (OTRD) is seeking a full-time General Counsel in Oklahoma City, OK. OTRD provides matching contributions to employees’ retirement plans, 11 holidays, and 15 days of annual and sick leave a year. OTRD also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents. The annual salary for this position is commensurate with experience.

Under the direction of the Co-General Counsels, the Assistant General Counsel (AGC) provides legal counsel to the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. This work includes advising on policy and procedure, litigation, legal research, contract negotiation and drafting, and monitoring legislative developments. The role involves preparing and litigating cases of varying complexity, with opportunities to progressively handle more challenging matters.

• Analyzes factual and legal issues; conducts legal research
• Confers with tourists and tourism representatives to resolve disputes, to explain regulatory requirements, and to answer questions regarding agency operations
• Writes briefs, motions, orders, and other documents in preparation for or incidental to the hearing of a case
• Advise managers and other relevant personnel on administrative and operational rules, laws, and procedures including agency policy, federal and state laws, and other regulatory mandates required for the agency to conduct business
• Reviews policies, procedures, and other related legal questions for the agency
• Leads and/or participates in conferences with other legal counsel and reviews the opinions and suggestions of other staff attorneys
• Prepares and presents the agency’s case in administrative hearings and cases involving litigation of tourism-related issues before a district court
• Participates in pre-hearing conferences, conducts discovery, examines and cross-examines witnesses, argues motions before the Court or hearing officer and summarizes the agency’s case
• Prepares reports, exhibits and legal memoranda from the records and hearings outlining the factual and legal issues and recommends disposition of a current case
• Examines or interviews petitioners, claimants, and defendants involved in administrative proceedings of the agency and court proceedings brought by the agency
• Drafts and/or comments on proposed legislation or changes in regulations
• Prepares and presents appeals, in both written and oral form, to higher courts of record
• Performs related work as required and assigned
• Mentors or oversees lower-level staff and projects within an assigned area in an effective and professional manner, as assigned
• Provides training, guidance and support to staff, as assigned

• Applicable state and federal tourism laws
• Applicable state administrative code regulations
• Constitutional law and the Oklahoma Constitution
• Agency policies and procedures
• Trial and hearing procedures
• Rules of evidence
• Methods and techniques for conducting legal research
• Legal principles and their application

• Critical thinking
• Conducting legal research
• Written and oral communication
• Microsoft Office
• Attention to detail
• Sound judgment
• Decision making
• Case preparation

• Present statements of fact and law
• Understand, interpret, and apply laws
• Clearly and logically articulate position in written and oral form
• Analyze, interpret, and apply various laws, rules, regulations, agency policies, and procedures
• Direct and/or perform independent and difficult research, analyzing, appraising, and applying legal…