Legal Employment Attorney IV

Posting 22283
-Posted
10/12/2026

- Dept of Family & Protectve Svc

- General Counsel - Cen Admin

- Legal

- Eligible for Telework
-d. $7000 - $8999 per month

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) works to build on strengths of families and communities to keep children and vulnerable adults safe, so they thrive. We do this through investigations, services, and referrals.

What You Get Beyond Your Paycheck

When you join the State of Texas, your monthly paycheck is just one part of your real income. Our benefits provide extra value that many private employers simply don’t match—often adding hundreds of dollars each month to what you take home or save.

Here’s what you get as a full-time employee:

• 100% paid health insurance for you, and 50% paid for eligible family members—saving you hundreds every month in out-of-pocket medical costs
• Retirement plans with lifetime monthly payments after five years of state service, plus options to save even more with 401(k) and 457 plans
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave so you can recharge and take care of life outside work (that’s time off you’re actually paid for)
• Optional dental, vision, and life insurance —at rates much lower than most private plans
• Flexible spending accounts for added tax savings on health and dependent care
• Employee discounts on things like gym memberships, electronics, and entertainment

Functional

Title:

Legal Employment Attorney IV

Job Title:

Legal Employment Attny IV
Agency:Dept of Family & Protectve Svc
Department:General Counsel - Cen Admin
Posting Number:22283
Closing Date:04/12/2027
Posting Audience:Internal and External
Occupational Category:Legal
Salary Range:$7,716.66-$13,051.00
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Salary Group:TEXAS-B-28
Shift:Day
Additional Shift:None
Telework:Eligible for Telework
Travel:Up to 5%
Regular/Temporary:Regular
Full Time/Part Time:Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:Exempt
Facility

Location:



Job Location City:

AUSTIN
Job Location Address:4900 N LAMAR BLVD
Other Locations:None
MOS Codes: ,,,,X,27A,51JX,92J0,LGL
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Brief

Job Description:

Performs highly complex, senior-level legal work. Work involves overseeing and planning legal activities, preparing legal documents, participating in hearings, interpreting laws and regulations, and rendering legal advice and counsel. May supervise the work of others. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Plans and organizes legal activities:
Manages the legal workload to ensure deadlines are met to ensure successful outcomes for the agency. Interacts routinely with caseworkers, supervisors, program directors, and program administrators; agency attorneys, county and district attorneys, assistant attorney generals, and opposing counsel; judges, agency clients, witnesses, community professionals, and expert witnesses; and protective services clients and the general public regarding legal activities.

Coordinates the preparation of legal opinions, briefs, contracts, proposals, and reports:
Prepares or supervises the preparation of legal opinions, briefs, contracts, notices, memoranda, reports, and other documents. Researches legal concepts, case law, judicial opinions, statutes, regulations on issues of concern and implication to DFPS, and drafts formal and informal memos for DFPS programs and executive management staff. Coordinates and responds to open records requests. Monitors changes in state and federal court cases, and rules.

Participates in administrative, regulatory, evidentiary, and enforcement hearings:
Represents the agency in matters before a court or in administrative hearings as appropriate such as before the Texas…