State of Maryland

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE      BARGAINING UNIT: X

An Assistant Attorney General VII is the fully experienced level of senior Attorneys who have demonstrated a high level of competence. Employees in this classification act as General Counsel to a department or a deputy to a Division Chief or Principal Counsel or as the top senior Attorney under a Principal Counsel in a large agency governing many institutions.  Employees in this classification have broad supervisory responsibilities.

As General Counsel to a department or deputy to a Division Chief or Principal Counsel or the top senior attorney under a Principal Counsel, this level provides for the responsibility of a full range of legal services, to include official opinions, letters of advice, litigation support, as well as daily counsel to a department and/or its many institutions.

Specific educational and experience requirements are set by the agency based on the essential job functions assigned to the position.

Class Descriptions are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies.  Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

Class Descriptions provide information about the Nature of Work, Examples of Work, General Requirements and Acknowledgements.  The Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities; Minimum Education and Experience Requirements; Special Requirements; and recruitment and testing procedures are set by the using agency.

This is a Professional Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Professional Service positions.  Some positions in Professional Service classifications may be designated as Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit, as indicated by the designation of S (Supervisor), M (Manager), T (Agency Head), U (Board or Commission Member), W (Student), X (Used by Agency or Excluded by Executive Order), or Z (Confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

Mar 1 2012 12:00AM

January 29, 2021

Director, Division of Classification and Salary