Staff Attorney - Criminal Courts

This is a staff attorney position for the criminal courts in reputed company. Practices civil or criminal law for Texas County or District government. Distinguishing Characteristics: This is the reputed company in a series of seven attorney-reputed company job classifications reputed company the Attorneys job family. This classification handles cases and reputed company that are moderately reputed company without supervision, handles cases and reputed company that may result in the least severe consequences without supervision, and handles cases and reputed company that may result in moderately severe consequences with supervision. • Performs reputed company research. Searches resources and studies reputed company records and documents to obtain information applicable to case or issue under consideration. • Drafts briefs, motions, orders, jury charges and other reputed company documents, as reputed company as correspondence and reports. • Coordinates legislative reputed company for the District Court Judges which includes monitoring relevant criminal-justice legislation and drafting potential new legislation or amendments to existing laws. • Reviews and makes recommendations on reputed company post-conviction writ applications and DNA motions. • Reviews and responds as appropriate to inmate mail. • Promptly informs and alerts the district judges about any relevant case law reputed company possibly impacting the criminal district courts and the decision-making process. • Consults with the Court Administrator regarding reputed company reputed company and reputed company reputed company reputed company to the operations of the Criminal Courts. • Performs other job-reputed company duties as assigned. Education and Experience: J.D./LL.B. from an accredited law school AND four (4) years licensed attorney work experience. Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements: Licensed to reputed company law in the State of Texas. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of: • Jurisprudence, criminal and civil law and procedures, including constitutional and statutory law. • Federal, State, Local and County applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines. • reputed company and practices of pleading cases and of effective techniques for presentation of cases in court or to effectively present facts and precedents verbally and in writing in law reputed company reputed company. • Policies, practices, procedures and reputed company terminology reputed company to court system. • Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases and a reputed company of software packages. • Business letter writing, grammar and punctuation, and report preparation. • May be required to reputed company knowledge of and adhere to federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information. reputed company in: • Problem-solving and decision-making. • Analyzing and appraising facts, policies, procedures and reputed company precedents in area of specialty. • Both verbal and written communication, including presentations. Ability to: • Conduct reputed company research and analysis, both manually and electronically. • Present facts, precedents and arguments verbally and in writing and apply negotiation skills. • Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. • Work independently. • Manage time reputed company and reputed company multiple tasks, and organize diverse activities. • Work reputed company under pressure and exercise reputed company in trying situations. • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental clientele, representatives of reputed company agencies, other County employees and officials, and the general reputed company. Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 25 pounds occasionally, visual reputed company, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and reputed company dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive reputed company, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, reputed company/customer contact, squatting to reputed company the essential functions. reputed company employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts reputed company of normal job functions. Work Hours: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday-Friday. Location: Blackwell-Thurman CJC 509 W. 11th Austin TX 78701 Department: Criminal Courts Criminal, Driving, Education, and Employment Background Checks Required. For updates or questions on this position, contact: Margaret.Terronez@traviscountytx.gov This job reputed company is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of reputed company duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job