Staff Attorney

Description

Lead the Charge in Justice Data Innovation! The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) is on the hunt for a visionary legal professional to become our next Data Dissemination Administrator – a role that blends law, technology, and public service in powerful ways. This is your chance to shape how court data is accessed, protected, and used across Washington State. In this role, you’ll serve as the staff attorney to the Judicial Information System Committee-Data Dissemination Committee, guiding policy and legal interpretation around electronic court records.

You’ll oversee the dissemination of data through the Judicial Information System (JIS), ensuring that sensitive information is handled with precision and integrity. You’ll be the go-to expert for courts, legislators, and agencies, helping them retrieve and understand complex judicial data and metadata. You’ll also review confidential data requests, ensuring that access is granted only to authorized personnel. And with contract signing authority up to $25,000, you’ll negotiate and execute agreements involving data, software, and hardware making strategic decisions that directly impact the state’s justice infrastructure.

This isn’t just a legal job. It’s an opportunity for someone who thrives at the intersection of law, data, and public impact. If you’re ready to make your mark, we’re ready to meet you!

Job #: 2025-83 | Status:
Regular, Full-Time |

Location:

Olympia, Washington | Salary: $100,980 – $132,540 per year (DOQ). Opens:
November 12, 2025 | Closes:
November 30, 2025. AOC reserves the right to close the recruitment at any time but no sooner than seven days after posting.

WASHINGTON STATE RESIDENCY AND TELEWORK INFORMATION
AOC requires employees to reside in Washington State. Any exceptions must be approved. If you are invited to an interview and currently reside outside of Washington State, seek more information about residency requirements from the AOC hiring manager of this recruitment. This position requires you to be in the office at least three (3) days per week.

• Develops, implements, maintains and monitors statewide policies, procedures and best practices for responding to court data dissemination requests.
• Reviews and approves or denies data dissemination requests from the public and private sector based on court rules, case law, state statutes, and statewide policy documents.
• Serves as principal policy advisor to all judicial branch entities regarding release of statewide court data; develops statewide policy papers and recommendations to the Data Dissemination Committee.
• Authorizes/establishes security access levels for data dissemination applicants, including but not limited to law and quasi-law enforcement entities, judicial entities, court officers and the public based upon law and policy.
• Drafts, negotiates, and executes data dissemination contracts and research agreements with government agencies, educational and non‑profit institutions, and the public; participates in the preparation and implementation of contracts for access to JIS data including standard contracts for JIS‑Link public and data re‑sale access services. Monitor contracts and move forward with close‑out, extension or renewals.
• Manages data lifecycle and ensure data archiving and disposal.
• Recommends and implements decisions approved by the Data Dissemination Committee for non‑compliance with court rule, case law, state statutes and statewide policy documents; assists in developing methods for auditing data use and release.
• Monitors legislative bills to ensure awareness of changes in regulatory environment.
• Acts as the back‑up to AOC’s public records officer in reviewing administrative public records requests, communicating with the requestor and distributing public administrative records.
• Assists the Contracts Manager with planning, organizing, and conducting the procurement and contracting activities for hardware or software licensing contracts, and support the Supreme Court, AOC, and other judicial branch entities as appropriate.
• Assists and provides Contract Specialist with terms and conditions during negotiations or contract…