This position will both assist and act as lead counsel in litigation, determine legal position and strategy, conduct investigations, assess exposure and litigation risk, draft and file legal documents, manage caseloads, interview and prepare witnesses, participate in mediations, keep client administration informed, and regularly coordinate with client representatives, outside counsels, Risk Management Division, and other agencies as the situation warrants. The OGC has four (4) practice groups; Operations and Finance (construction, contracts and procurement, grant administration), Right-of-Way (real property, eminent domain, billboards Utilities, Special Projects (modal operations, records, special Projects) and Administration, Employment and Torts (employment law and practice, labor law and practice, administrative operations and policy, tort claims and litigation).