IOWA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES –

HUMAN RESOURCES ENTERPRISE

CLASSIFICATION GUIDELINES

ATTORNEY SERIES

CLASSES IN THE SERIES

Class Code	Class Title
00643	Attorney 1
00644	Attorney 2
90642	Attorney 2
00645	Attorney 3
90645	Attorney 3

SERIES CONCEPT

This series includes those classes of positions directly involved with the review of legal questions and the presentation of legal opinions. Incumbents also supervise or prepare and present an agency's case in judicial review proceedings in state and federal court.

EXCLUSIONS

1.	Positions having primary responsibility for presiding over, conducting and supervising contested case hearings in accordance with Iowa Code, Chapter 17A would be properly classified in the Administrative Law Judge series.
2.	Positions having the responsibility of preparing legal documents, litigation packages, and other material for use in administrative proceedings and representing the employing department at proceedings would be properly classified in the Compliance Officer series.
3.	Positions responsible for representing indigent clients in the courtroom would be properly classified in the Public Defender series.
4.	Positions that perform professional legal work in providing legal counseling and representation to a state agency or to the state itself would be properly classified in the Assistant Attorney General series.

NOTE: Care should be taken prior to creation of positions in this series to assure they meet the criteria in Chapter 13 of the Code of Iowa.

CLASS DISTINCTIONS

Attorney 1

For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, this is the entry/training level class (code 00644) in the Attorney series. Employees in the Attorney 1 class perform professional legal work of a limited scope involving legal questions of a factual nature that can easily be resolved or determined from clearly applicable precedents. After a minimum eighteen month training period, employees are eligible for reclassification to the second level of the series based upon competent performance.

Attorney 2

For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, this is the experienced/full-performance level class (code 00645) in the series. Employees in the Attorney 2 class perform professional legal work featuring difficult legal/factual questions that must be resolved or determined in the absence of clearly applicable precedents or those of highly arguable nature.

For positions not covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the Attorney 2 class (code 90642) is both the training and experienced/full-performance level of the series.

Attorney 3 (class codes 00645 and 90645)

For positions covered (code 00645) and not covered (code 90645) by a collective bargaining agreement, this is the lead or “chief/general counsel” level class in the series. Employees in the Attorney 3 class perform professional legal work and oversee all legal questions, problems and issues that confront a department or independently operating agency. They serve in an advisory capacity to the agency head on legal matters and have lead work responsibility over all attorney/legal positions in the agency.

EXCEPTIONS

Three positions in the Department of Workforce Development’s Workers Compensation Division that do not meet the established guideline but have been classified as Attorney 3s. They were placed in the Attorney 3 class for pay grade purposes only and in lieu of establishing as new job class. These positions have a working title of “Chief Deputy Workers Compensation Commissioner” and are responsible for reviewing proposed decisions by Deputy Workers’ Compensation Commissioners in contested case proceedings. They should not be used for position comparisons when attempting job matching for the Attorney 3 class.

Effective Date: 1/01 JG