Job Title: Assistant Attorney General VIII Position Type: Regular Full-Time
Lead Supervising Assistant Attorney General
Salary: $109,247 – $176,552. The salary range is based on a multitude of factors including applicable personnel rules, regulations, and guidelines.
Location: Office of the Attorney General, Department of Human Services
Baltimore City Office of Child Support Services
217 E. Redwood Street, Suite 1150, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Telework: A hybrid remote telework and in-office schedule option is available per applicable policies and procedures
DESCRIPTION: The Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Maryland. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has the general charge, supervision, and direction of the State’s legal business, acting as legal advisors and representatives of the major agencies, various boards, commissions, officials, and institutions of State Government. The OAG also protects the public by civil enforcement of antitrust, civil rights, consumer protection, and securities laws and regulations and by the prosecution of organized crime, Medicaid fraud, environmental crimes, insurance fraud, state tax evasion, and other statutorily assigned matters. As Maryland’s 47th Attorney General, Anthony G. Brown leads the Office with a critical focus on equity, justice, and fairness.
Responsibilities
The OAG is seeking applicants for a Lead Supervising Assistant Attorney General to represent the Baltimore City Office of Child Support Services. The Lead Supervising Attorney is responsible for the direct supervision of three supervising attorneys and an Office Manager, in addition to indirectly supervising Office’s eight nonsupervisory attorneys and five additional support staff. The Lead Supervising Attorney is charged with ensuring that adequate legal resources are available to handle the various court dockets that are regularly heard in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, while other resources are devoted to providing legal advice and assistance to child support staff. The Lead Supervising Attorney also coordinates with representatives from the Child Support Administration, judges and magistrates from Circuit Court, clerk’s office and law enforcement personnel, and other interested stakeholders to ensure that child support matters are litigated in a timely fashion as required by state and federal law. The Lead Supervising Attorney performs various administrative functions that are required for state employees, including monitoring and approving leave requests and timesheets, and conducting periodic performance reviews of the other attorneys and staff in the office. Finally, the Lead Supervising Attorney provides general advice and counsel and may be required to represent the local office of child support in state court litigation involving the establishment of paternity and child support orders, modification of child support orders, and judicial enforcement of child support orders.
Qualifications
Maryland Bar membership, or the ability to immediately waive in, and at least five years of experience practicing before the bar is required. The ideal candidate for this position would also have at least two years of supervisory or management experience. Family law experience and proficiency with the Maryland Electronic Courts (MDEC) system is helpful, but not required. Applicants must possess excellent oral and written advocacy skills.
Application Process
Interested persons should submit the following documents in pdf format: (1) a resume; (2) one writing sample; and (3) a list of three references. Submissions should be emailed to Jennifer Caffrey, Chief Supervising Attorney for Child Support, at Jennifer.Caffrey1@maryland.gov, by the close of business on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Please write “City Lead Supervising Attorney Vacancy” in the subject line.
