Spec Asst Atty General

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posted todayjob requisition :
jr100877#
** department
* * office of the attorney general#
** division
* * protective services (non-sworn)#
** salary**$96,726.00 - $#
** job profile
** jc- - special assistant attorney general (non-union office of attorney general employees)#
** scheduled work days & work hours
** monday - friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm#
** opening date
** january 16, 2026#
** closing date**#
** job requisition number
** jr100877 spec asst atty general (open)#
** pay grade
** u08734 a#
** classification
* * special assistant attorney general#
** class definition
**** rhode island office of the attorney general
**** special assistant attorney general
**** civil division – government litigation bureau
**** paygrade 8734 ($96,726-$109,617)
**** or commensurate with experience
** the rhode island office of the attorney general is seeking a candidate for a special assistant attorney general (saag) position within the civil division.  The attorney in this position will be expected to work in the government litigation bureau.
** about the office of the attorney general:
** the attorney general is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of rhode island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government.

Assistant and special assistant attorneys general represent the people of rhode island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of rhode island and the united states. The office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state.
** civil division:
** within the civil division, the government litigation bureau leads litigation on behalf of the state, counsels the attorney general and other government officials, and performs a range of regulatory duties. This also includes the attorney general’s open government unit which is responsible for helping to ensure government in rhode island is carried out in an open and transparent manner.from identifying and pursuing landmark civil actions against businesses and individuals that have harmed rhode islanders to defending state laws, state agencies, state general officers, legislators, and employees, the division and its attorneys are at the forefront of matters being litigated before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of rhode island and the united states.
** duties and opportunities:
** a saag in the civil division, working with colleagues and senior attorneys, will be responsible for case development, pre-trial litigation, negotiation, written and oral argument, regulatory and agency advising and trial work.  The applicant will be expected to carry a full civil litigation caseload in the capacity as first and as second chair, and be expected to draft, file, and argue motions/legal memoranda, as well as litigate, in state and federal court on behalf of the state of rhode island, its agencies, and its officers or employees.  

Cases range from straightforward negligence claims to complex litigation and constitutional claims.  This position may also support the attorney general’s open government…