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Do you have a passion for public state service and enjoy making a difference? Do not miss out on this opportunity. The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) is hiring! DWC administers and operates the Texas workers compensation system. DWC regulates the workers compensation system, settles disputes, provides customer service, promotes workplace safety, and ensures compliance with state laws. DWC has 20 offices across the state of Texas, with the headquarters located in the Capitol Complex, in the Barbara Jordan Building at 1601 Congress Avenue in Austin, near the Texas Capitol.
Benefits of working at TDI:

• Flexible work schedules.
• Worklifebalance.
• 96 hours of accrued vacation a year.
• 96 hours of accrued sick leave a year.
• 20+ holidays every year.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Free parking.
• 401(k) and 457 Programs.
• State of Texas retirement plan with a lifetime annuity through the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS).
• Free comprehensive medical insurance for fulltime employees and 50% off premium costs for dependents (state pays other 50%).
• Optional benefits like dental, vision, life insurance, and many more.
• Qualified employer for the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Some benefits for parttime employees are earned proportionately to the hours worked.

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Job Description
Attorney III PartTime (Staff Attorney and Legal Writing & Document Development)
The Division of Workers Compensation is seeking a talented attorney with exceptional legal writing, editing, proofreading, and document design skills to improve the quality and consistency of the Enforcement Section's legal work product. This parttime position (24 hours per week) is ideal for an attorney who enjoys helping others become stronger writers while maintaining an active, parttime legal practice. The position combines legal editing, administrative law, document development, knowledge management, and attorney coaching. The parttime Staff Attorney performs highly complex (seniorlevel) legal work for the DWC Enforcement section. Responsibilities include editing pleadings, briefs, motions, settlement documents, and other legal work product; developing interactive templates, training materials, and drafting resources; and improving the tools attorneys use every day. The attorney also conducts legal research, drafts legal documents, participates in settlement negotiations and administrative proceedings, interprets statutes and rules, and provides legal advice and counsel. The position serves as a trusted resource by mentoring colleagues, improving document quality, and promoting consistent drafting standards across the Enforcement Section. Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Essential Job Duties
This position:

• Helps shape the quality of legal writing for one of Texas top regulatory enforcement programs.
• Performs substantive legal editing of pleadings, briefs, motions, Commissioner Orders, legal memoranda, settlement documents, correspondence, and other legal work product for organization, clarity, accuracy, grammar, style, citation, formatting, and persuasive effectiveness.
• Reviews legal documents prepared by other attorneys and provides constructive written and verbal feedback to improve legal writing skills and maintain consistent drafting standards.
• Develops, revises, and maintains legal templates, standardized forms, drafting guides, style guides, work instructions, and internal procedures.
• Designs and improves interactive legal templates and automated forms using Microsoft Word Developer features, Adobe Acrobat, and other Microsoft 365 applications.
• Creates and updates legal training materials, presentations, checklists, and reference guides related to legal writing, document drafting, administrative litigation, and agency procedures.
• Conducts legal research and analyzes statutes, administrative rules, judicial decisions, Attorney General Opinions, and other legal authorities.
• Drafts pleadings, briefs, legal memoranda, Commissioner Orders, settlement agreements, and other legal documents.
• Provides legal advice and opinions regarding the Texas Insurance Code, Texas Labor Code, Texas Government Code, Texas Administrative Code, and related laws affecting agency operations.
• Assists with administrative hearings, contested cases, rulemaking proceedings, and special legal projects.
• Represents the agency at hearings, meetings, conferences, training sessions, and other professional events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
This position requires:

• Graduate from an accredited law school with a J.D. or L.L.B degree.
• Three years of fulltime legal experience as a licensed attorney.
• Must be licensed to practice law in the State of Texas.
• Member in good standing with the State Bar of Texas.
• Demonstrated experience producing exceptionally clear, organized, and persuasive legal writing.
• Demonstrated experience editing and proofreading legal documents prepared by others for grammar, organization, legal analysis, citation, style, and overall effectiveness.
• Experience interpreting and applying complex statutes, administrative rules, and legal authorities.
• Experience providing written or verbal coaching to improve the work product of attorneys, legal staff, or other professionals.
• Law clerk experience can be counted toward legal experience.
• Regular work attendance.
• Travel may be required for up to 5% of the time. If travel is 10% or over, you must maintain a state of Texas Driver License.

Additional job details:

• You must submit a writing sample with your application.

Preferred Qualifications
Preferences for this position include:

• At least three years of experience practicing administrative, regulatory, government, appellate, healthcare, insurance, or workers' compensation law.
• Demonstrated experience serving as the primary editor or quality reviewer for legal documents prepared by multiple attorneys.
• Experience developing legal templates, drafting standards, style guides, document automation tools, or knowledge management resources.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Word, including Styles, Track Changes, Developer tools, templates, fields, crossreferences, tables of contents, and document formatting.
• Experience designing fillable forms and interactive documents using Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Experience creating attorney training materials, presentations, desk manuals, or written procedures.
• Experience reviewing documents for compliance with Texas citation rules, plain language principles, grammar, punctuation, and consistent formatting.
• Experience with SharePoint, Microsoft 365, or other document management systems.
• Experience conducting discovery, drafting motions, preparing briefs, or participating in administrative hearings.
• Relevant degree or experience such as a bachelors degree or experience in Journalism, English, Communications, Writing, Education, Editing, or Publishing.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
This position requires demonstrated knowledge of:

• State laws, rules, procedures, and legal procedures applicable to administrative enforcement proceedings.
• Legal writing, substantive editing, proofreading, and document quality assurance principles.
• Bluebook or Texas legal citation, plain language drafting principles, grammar, punctuation, and professional legal writing standards.
• Civil and evidentiary techniques and procedural requirements, including the Texas Rules of Evidence and Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Legal principles and practices, including but not limited to administrative proceedings, laws, regulations, and rules relating to the agency such as the Texas Workers Compensation Act, the Texas Administrative Procedures Act, and the Public Information Act.
• Legal research methods, including the use of Westlaw or Lexus and other online resources.
• Microsoft Word advanced document features, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and other software used to prepare professional legal documents.

This position requires demonstrated skill in:

• Problem solving and critical thinking.
• Using Microsoft Office software applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint.
• Using personal computers sufficient to enter and extract data from related systems and programs such as Centralized Accounting Payroll and Personnel (CAPPS) and other systems required to perform the job.
• Advanced legal writing and substantive legal editing.
• Identifying organizational, analytical, grammatical, citation, and formatting issues in complex legal documents.
• Drafting clear, concise, persuasive, and wellorganized legal documents.
• Coaching attorneys and staff to improve legal writing and document quality.
• Developing document templates, drafting resources, and standardized legal forms.
• Microsoft Word advanced features, including document styles, templates, Track Changes, Developer tools, and document automation.
• Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft 365 applications, and PowerPoint.
• Legal research, problem solving and critical thinking.
• Planning, decision making and problem solving.
• Organizing and managing multiple competing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Negotiation techniques.
• Communicating and working effectively with all levels of employees, government officials, and the public.
• Using virtual meeting technology, such as Zoom and Teams, sufficient to be able to share, review and communicate information and documents in virtual meetings and hearings.

This position requires the demonstrated ability to:

• Communicate and work effectively with a wide range of people with varied skills, knowledge, and backgrounds.
• Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Analyze and solve workrelated problems and work independently on a variety of administrative work and technical assignments.
• Manage workload and priorities to meet necessary deadlines.
• Work both independently and as a team player.
• Produce and edit complex legal documents that are clear, accurate, persuasive, and professionally formatted.
• Improve the quality and consistency of legal work product through constructive editing and attorney coaching.
• Apply advanced legal writing principles to improve organization, readability, and persuasive effectiveness without altering substantive legal meaning.
• Develop practical drafting tools, templates, procedures, and training materials that improve efficiency and consistency.
• Exercise sound legal judgment and independent decisionmaking.
• Analyze legal issues, identify practical solutions, and effectively communicate recommendations.
• Work collaboratively with attorneys, investigators, legal support staff, and executive leadership.
• Manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Follow agency policies, procedures, and chain of command.
• Provide commitment to public service.

Military/Veteran Information
Military Employment Preference
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To receive a military employment preference, you must submit the following documents, as applicable, with your application. See Military Employment Preference .
Applicable Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes are included, but not limited to one of the following:
27A, 250X, 4402, 4410, LGL10
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• Employment history (month and year)
• Duties and responsibilities
• Education
• Certifications
• Licenses
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