Opportunities, Advantages and Benefits in Legal Services

We Offer Career-Advancing Opportunities

• Unique professional assignments: staff are allowed the freedom to make important decisions, accept a high level of responsibility, and develop solutions to difficult challenges.
• Broad range of environmental cases: air, water, waste, licensing, and permitting.
• Challenging workload: litigation attorneys sit first chair on 35-40 cases per year, with opportunities to sit second chair.
• Valuable experience applying and interpreting environmental statutes and administrative laws.
• Opportunities to work on special projects such as expert-witness training and law clerk recruitment.
• Courtroom experience early in employment.
• Regular interactions with other professionals in the legal field.
• Assignment of your own caseload early in employment, including hearings at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
• Guidance and mentoring from senior attorneys, who encourage independent thinking.
• Career ladder for attorneys.

And Many Workplace Advantages

• TCEQ-paid annual dues to State Bar of Texas.
• Electronic research available to all attorneys. Use of legal files document manager to profile interoffice documents and memos, avoiding duplication in research.
• Paralegals, law clerks, and interns to assist attorneys.
• Team atmosphere of like-minded professionals in a fun work environment.
• No billable hours and no client development.
• Reasonable work hours, including flex-time options and compensatory time.
• Casual business attire on Fridays.
• Convenient north Austin location off I-35 with free, no-hassle parking.
• Annual office retreat and holiday luncheon.
• Employee recognition and incentive programs, as well as agency-wide events and programs such as charity campaigns, school mentoring programs, employee wellness programs and events such as brown-bag presentations and basketball tournaments.

Plus, the Benefits Package of State Employees

In addition, you will receive regular state-employee benefits, such as:

• Annual vacation leave (beginning at 8 hours per month).
• Sick leave.
• State and federal holidays.
• Health insurance: premiums paid for employee; low premiums for family members.
• Optional life insurance.
• Optional dental insurance.
• Optional long-term and short-term disability insurance.
• 401K plan.
• Deferred compensation plan.
• State of Texas retirement plan.