FIRST ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL

DEFINITION

Under the direct supervision of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, acts as 
Executive Officer to the Attorney General as director of the Department of Law and Public Safety 
and is primarily responsible for supervising the work programs and staff of the department which 
includes the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Division on Civil Rights, the Division of 
Consumer Affairs, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Division of Law, the Office of the State 
Medical Examiner, the Police Training Commission, the Division of Motor Vehicles, the New 
Jersey Racing Commission, Ethical Standards Commission the Division of State Police and the 
Division of Systems and Communications; does related work as required.

NOTE: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only.  A particular 
position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification.  Conversely, all 
duties performed on the job may not be listed.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

The First Assistant Attorney General shall, during the absence or inability to act, through sickness 
or other cause, of the Attorney General, or in case of a vacancy in the office of the Attorney 
General, have the same powers and perform all the duties which are conferred and imposed by law 
upon the Attorney General until the Attorney General shall return to duty or a new Attorney General 
is appointed and shall qualify.

Assists the Attorney General in maintaining suitable headquarters for the department and such 
other quarters within the State as he may deem necessary to the department's proper functioning.

As directed, will have general responsibility for the department's operation.

As directed, supervises the organization of the department and changes in the organization thereof.

As directed, formulates and adopts rules and regulations for the efficient conduct of the work and 
general administration of the department, its officers and employees.

As directed, adopts uniform procedures for all secretarial, recording and clerical duties of each of 
the division, bureaus and other agencies within the department.

As required, will be the request officer of the department.

Assists the Attorney General in making an annual report to the Governor and to the Legislature of 
the department's operations, and render such other reports as the Governor or the Legislature shall 
from time to time request.

As required, will be present at the seat of the government during the session of the Legislature.

As directed, will give to the Governor, to the members of the Senate and the General Assembly, 
and to all other officers, departments, boards, bodies, commissions and instrumentalities of the 
State Government, legal advice on such matters as they may from time to time require.

As directed, will examine and decide all legal matters submitted to him by the Governor or the 
Legislature and act for them in any matter in which they may be interested, and shall exclusively 
attend to and control all litigation and controversies to which the State is a party or in which its 
rights and interests are involved.

Assists the Attorney General in carrying out and enforcing the provisions of the New Jersey 
Securities Law and also the Civil Rights Law.

Assists the Attorney General in administering the department's role as the sole legal adviser, 
attorney or counsel, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, for all officers, departments, 
boards, bodies, commissions and instrumentalities of the State Government in all matters other 
than those requiring the performance of administrative functions entailing the enforcement, 
prosecution and hearing of issues as imposed by law upon them; and represent them in all 
proceedings or actions of any kind which may be brought for or against them in any court of this 
State; and shall likewise interpret all statutes and legal documents, inspect and approve contracts 
and titles and otherwise control their legal activities.

Assists the Attorney General in attending generally to all legal matters in which the State or any 
officers, department, board, body, commission or instrumentality of the State Government is a party 
or in which its rights or interests are involved.

Assists the Attorney General in enforcing the provisions of the Constitution and all other laws of the 
State, as well as perform all of the duties conferred and imposed by law upon the Attorney General.

REQUIREMENTS:

EXPERIENCE: 

Five (5) years of comprehensive professional legal experience as an attorney at law in the State of 
New Jersey

LICENSE:

Admission to practice as an attorney at law in the State of New Jersey.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation 
of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.


KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording information systems 
used by the agency, office or related units.

Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the 
duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable 
forms of communication.

Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential 
functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the 
accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such 
persons may not be eligible.


This job specification is applicable to the following title code:
Job
Spec
Code
Variant
State,
Local or
Common
Class of
Service
Work
Week
State
Class
Code
Local
Class
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Salary
Range
Note
30368
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44
N/A
M44
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This job specification is for state government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

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