State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In the Office of the Attorney General this class is accountable for performing either the advanced working level or working lead level legal work of the Office, including the preparation and representation of the state in the more difficult and complex specialized cases before state and federal agencies and courts, and providing legal advice and services to state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions.

Assistant Attorneys General 3 perform beyond the full range of general legal practice. The qualification for this level includes, but is not limited to, acquiring a great breadth of legal knowledge in order to provide legal counsel and services to an agency or a group of boards and commissions with a wide range of legal subjects or problems, or a great depth of expertise in one or more subject or specialty areas. This is an advanced working level or working lead level class which exercises considerable independent judgment and is assigned legal work which is more difficult than that assigned to the majority of the Office's trial staff, i.e., those likely to lead to appeals or those having a heavy impact (either legal or financial) on the state.

May lead other Assistant Attorneys General and/or other employees of lesser grade on an interim or case-by-case basis.

May lead an established team of Assistant Attorneys General and other employees of a lesser grade on a regular basis.

• As a legal practitioner, performs the more advanced legal work of the Office, including the preparation and representation of the state in the more complex, difficult, or sensitive cases before state and federal agencies and courts, including those likely to be appealed to higher courts; 
• Provides lead legal counsel for state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions with legal problems of wide diversity, a required specialty knowledge, or a heavy caseload; 
• May be assigned lead attorney, lead counsel, or lead practitioner responsibilities, special projects, or other related duties on a permanent, regular, or intermittent basis; 
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • basic law and legal process, legal principles and practice, administrative law, constitutional law, rules of process, and rights and obligations of state agencies; 
  • advanced trial and appellate process; 
  • a spectrum of legal issues or considerable depth of knowledge in a highly technical specialty; 
  • the statutory authority of the Attorney General;
• Knowledge of the operation of the Office of the Attorney General; 
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills; 
  • oral and written communication skills; 
• Ability to analyze and draft proposed legislation.

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Assistant Attorney General 3 in Salary Group AG 70 approved effective June 21, 2019. (Reviewed for content and revised to modernize format and add Acknowledgement section) Final No. 24-065

4/12/2024