NY Attorney General's Office Forum

[Nynaeve]

Anyone have any info about what it's like to work at the NY AG's office? Quality of life? Meaningful work? Is the pay really that bad...? Thanks.

[Anonymous User]

It is very much bureau specific. If you are in white collar or civil rights, then you have a lot of political juice behind you, and imagine there are good exit options. I am more familiar with AG's that do claims and somta, the non glamorous stuff. Quality of life is fine, pretty decent 40 hour work week. Seethruny has the payroll information, the pay is fine not great. I consider it a good landing spot for DA's that want a more chill environment.

[Nynaeve]

It is very much bureau specific. If you are in white collar or civil rights, then you have a lot of political juice behind you, and imagine there are good exit options. I am more familiar with AG's that do claims and somta, the non glamorous stuff. Quality of life is fine, pretty decent 40 hour work week. Seethruny has the payroll information, the pay is fine not great. I consider it a good landing spot for DA's that want a more chill environment.

Thanks, interesting. Where do you get your insight re: 40-hour work week?

[pml87]

40-hour week is definitely accurate. A fair number of DA transferred here. Also some attorney do come from the private-firm pipeline. The pressure is a lot less than in private practice, hence many attorneys chose to spend their pre-retirement years here. Their pay is decent if your COL is like Syracuse or Buffalo, not so much for NYC. Whether the work is interesting depends on what bureau you want to work and the issues you care about. Medical malpractice defenses for Upstate NY hospital can be interesting, but so can be drafting policy proposals. It's work, and on that there is not much of a difference between it and a law firm.

[Anonymous User]

It is very much bureau specific. If you are in white collar or civil rights, then you have a lot of political juice behind you, and imagine there are good exit options. I am more familiar with AG's that do claims and somta, the non glamorous stuff. Quality of life is fine, pretty decent 40 hour work week. Seethruny has the payroll information, the pay is fine not great. I consider it a good landing spot for DA's that want a more chill environment.

Thanks, interesting. Where do you get your insight re: 40-hour work week?

Try getting ahold of an AAG after 4:30

[Nynaeve]

Thanks. Do you have a sense as to whether certain bureaus are more demanding, hours wise? Are either of you current attorneys there?

[Anonymous User]

Thanks. Do you have a sense as to whether certain bureaus are more demanding, hours wise? Are either of you current attorneys there?

Same anon again, I'm not sure how many more ways I can tell you that it is typically a pretty chill 8:30-4:30 existance. This goes for bureau chiefs down to staff attorneys. Not an AAG, but know many people from OAG fairly well.

[Nynaeve]

Thanks. Do you have a sense as to whether certain bureaus are more demanding, hours wise? Are either of you current attorneys there?

Same anon again, I'm not sure how many more ways I can tell you that it is typically a pretty chill 8:30-4:30 existance. This goes for bureau chiefs down to staff attorneys. Not an AAG, but know many people from OAG fairly well.

Haha thank you. I am at a mis big law firm and am in disbelief, but hyped. Interned at the AG's office in law school so hoping that helps. Thanks man.

[pml87]

Worked at one of the Offices for 10 months. Extremely chill. The pressure for getting extremely good results in defending public agencies is a lot less than in private (not always a good thing for new attorneys who wants to develop skills, but is heaven for the old dogs). Some works can involve driving to various state agencies and sites.