Senior Legal Advisor | Executive Bureau

Massachusetts AGO; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts AGO in Boston seeks a Senior Legal Advisor to join the executive team. You will support the Attorney General and bureaus across the office, help implement strategic priorities, and lead or advance priority matters to deepen the office’s impact.

The role requires at least ten years of legal practice, strong litigation, policy advocacy, and a demonstrated ability to lead teams, mentor staff, and work across divisions. The position is full-time with a hybrid schedule in Boston, MA.

Qualifications

• At least ten (10) years of legal practice.
• Experience with complex litigation or impact litigation.
• Policy advocacy experience with demonstrable change.
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
• Excellent research, writing, and advocacy abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify strategic priority matters with executive team to advance goals.
• Develop implementation plans, defining resources and milestones.
• Lead cross-divisional initiatives and coordinate efforts across bureaus.
• Provide regular progress reports to the Attorney General and executive team.

Skills

Litigation

Policy advocacy

Strategic planning

Leadership

Team mentorship

Research & writing

Cross-divisional collaboration

Job description

SENIOR LEGAL ADVISOR

EXECUTIVE BUREAU

(Boston Office)

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell seeks an experienced and highly motivated attorney to join her senior executive team as Senior Legal Advisor. The Senior Legal Advisor will be responsible for supporting the Attorney General, her executive team, and bureaus and divisions across the office on implementation of the office’s strategic priorities. This will include leading or supporting priority matters and helping to align resources to maximize use of the tools of the office to achieve particular goals. The work of the Senior Legal Advisor will cut across all five substantive bureaus in the office and will be particularly focused on launching and expanding matters that will deepen the office’s impact in areas of particular focus.

Primary Duties

• Work with the executive team, and Division, Bureau, and Unit leadership to identify key strategic priority matters to advance, consistent with the AGO's strategic plan
• Support the development of implementation plans for executing on these matters, including:
  • Defining resources necessary to execute, to include leadership, case management, and any external resources (e.g. consultants)
  • As needed, providing assistance launching or advancing these matters, including legal work and coordination.
  • Ensuring regular progress reports to the Attorney General and the rest of the executive team.
• Leading cross-divisional or otherwise unassigned initiatives or projects that are priorities of the Attorney General

Position Requirements

• At least ten (10) years of legal practice, with a preference for (a) complex litigation in a field related to consumer protection, civil rights, health care, or other areas of practice in the AGO; and (b) impact litigation or policy advocacy resulting in demonstrable change
• Experience setting organizational goals, engaging in strategic planning, implementing effective systems, and executing on strategic projects.
• An ability to lead and develop teams, mentor junior staff and attorneys, and work effectively and respectfully with a cross-sectional, diverse group of managers and non-managers to accomplish goals.
• Outstanding research, writing, litigation, and advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Demonstrated connection to the people and communities we serve, and an interest in supporting a respectful, diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

Location

Boston, MA. Our hybrid model includes some remote workdays for the successful candidate.

Position Type

Full-Time/Exempt

Salary

$147,202 to $175,468, commensurate with relevant experience

The application deadline for this posting is December 4, 2026, at 5:00 PM (ET)

Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We will gladly assist applicants in need of an accommodation. For assistance, contact the Human Resources Division at [phone].

Inquiries regarding position & status may be made to

Sandra Waters

Executive Assistant to the First Assistant Attorney General

617-963-2058

The Attorney General’s Office is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As the representative of the Commonwealth and its residents, the Attorney General’s Office strives to ensure that those working in our office reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. The Office encourages applicants from a broad spectrum of backgrounds to apply for positions.